# Nuveen Senior Income Fund (NSL): Mutual Fund Facts & Distributions > Markdown mirror of https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/nsl for AI agents. Same live data as the HTML page, regenerated on the same refresh cycle. Not investment advice. - Issuer: Nuveen · Asset class: Bond - Strategy: Actively Managed · Inception: 2009-01-01 The Nuveen Senior Income Fund functions as a closed-end mutual fund focused on fixed-income assets, originally launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. Symphony Asset Management LLC is responsible for its ongoing management. This fund primarily allocates its capital within the fixed-income markets of the United States, with a significant portion invested in secured Senior Loans that are denominated in U.S. dollars and feature adjustable interest rates. Established on October 26, 1999, the fund is based in the United States. ## Key Facts | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Price | $4.60 | | Expense Ratio | — | | Assets Under Management | $177.6M | | NAV | — | | Holdings Count | — | | Distribution Yield (TTM) | — | | Annual Distribution (TTM) | — /share | | Distribution Frequency | Monthly | | 52-Week Range | $4.39 – $5.01 | | Beta | 0.57 | ## Latest Distribution - Amount: $0.0435 /share - Ex-date: 2023-07-13 - Pay date: 2023-08-01 ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does NSL invest in? The Nuveen Senior Income Fund functions as a closed-end mutual fund focused on fixed-income assets, originally launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. Symphony Asset Management LLC is responsible for its ongoing management. This fund primarily allocates its capital within the fixed-income markets of the United States, with a significant portion invested in secured Senior Loans that are denominated in U.S. dollars and feature adjustable interest rates. Established on October 26, 1999, the fund is based in the United States. ### What is the expense ratio of NSL? An expense ratio for Nuveen Senior Income Fund (NSL) is not available from our data sources. Neither our market-data feed nor the SEC's structured prospectus and annual-report datasets report one for this share class. The fund's prospectus on the issuer's site carries the authoritative fee. ### What is the duration of NSL? Effective duration measures NSL's sensitivity to interest-rate changes: a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. NSL's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. ### What is the credit quality of NSL? NSL's credit quality breakdown (the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below) is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds. ### What is the yield to maturity of NSL? Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from NSL if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. NSL's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website. It differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid. ### How big is NSL? Nuveen Senior Income Fund (NSL) manages $177.6M in total assets. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure. Funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation. ### Does NSL pay a dividend? Nuveen Senior Income Fund (NSL) currently distributes little or no income. Trailing-twelve-month yield is —. Investors looking for income should consider income-focused alternatives. See the Peers tab. ### How often does NSL pay dividends? Nuveen Senior Income Fund pays dividends Monthly. Each ex-dividend date, record date, and payment date is listed in the dividend history table on this page. ### What is NSL's dividend yield? NSL's trailing-twelve-month yield is —, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price. ### When is NSL's next ex-dividend date? The most recently announced ex-dividend date for NSL was 2023-07-13. The next ex-date typically follows Monthly; once announced it appears at the top of the dividend history table on this page. ### Why is NSL's expense ratio not shown? Neither our market-data feed nor the SEC's structured filing datasets (prospectus fee tables and Form N-CEN annual reports, which we re-check twice a month) report an expense ratio for Nuveen Senior Income Fund (NSL). That usually means the fund family doesn't register this share class's ticker in the SEC's machine-readable data, or the vehicle reports fees outside the standard fund forms. Rather than estimate, we leave it blank; the prospectus on the issuer's site carries the authoritative number. ### How does NSL charge its expense ratio? The expense ratio is deducted in tiny daily slices from NSL's net asset value (NAV). You never see a bill. The price quoted on every exchange is already net of fees. There's no "fee day" to avoid; the cost is continuous and built into the trading price. ## More on Dividend Data - Overview (HTML): https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/nsl - Distribution history: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/nsl/dividend - Holdings & diversification: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/nsl/diversification - Fees & cheaper alternatives: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/nsl/expenses - Peer comparison: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/nsl/peers Data sourced from primary filings and market data providers; see https://www.dividenddata.com/methodology.