Nuveen Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund
TIAA-CREF Funds · 6 share classes
Fund classification
Classified from what the fund holds · as of 2026 Q2
Nuveen Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund is an emerging-markets equity index fund that tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- Emerging markets
- Management
- Index (passive)
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
Fund profile
As filed in the prospectus · 2026 Q1
The Fund seeks a favorable long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation, by investing primarily in a portfolio of emerging market equity investments based on a market index.
The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities that comprise the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, buying most but not necessarily all of the stocks in that index to closely match its overall investment attributes. Because the fund does not hold all index constituents and incurs fees and trading costs that the index itself does not, its returns will lag those of the benchmark.
| Share class | Gross | Net |
|---|---|---|
| TEQKX | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| TEQSX | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| TEQPX | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| TEQLX | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| TEQHX | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| TENWX | 0.15% | 0.00% |
Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.
Portfolio turnover 14.00% · as of 2026 Q1
Allocation
Asset groups · long / short shown separately, never netted · 2026 Q2
| Stocks | 98.72% |
| Cash & short-term | 1.83% |
| Derivatives | 1.71% |
Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.
Latest quarter
What changed since the fund's previous filing
Largest new: The Bank of New York Mellon Corp, United States Treasury Bill ×2, Hon Precision Inc, Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes ×2, Yangtze Optical Fibre & Cable Joint Stock Ltd Co, Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd
Largest exited: United States Treasury Bill ×2, Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes ×2, Coway Co Ltd, Eclat Textile Co Ltd, Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd, Nien Made Enterprise Co Ltd
Return profile
Total return as filed — price change plus distributions reinvested · trailing figures to Apr 2026
| Share class | 1-year | 3-year | 5-year | Vol | Worst fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +47.10% | +72.14% | +30.86% | 19.77% | -12.36% | |
| +47.10% | +72.44% | +31.31% | 19.82% | -12.39% | |
| +47.23% | +73.06% | +31.99% | 19.85% | -12.35% | |
| +47.64% | +73.89% | +33.12% | 19.81% | -12.40% | |
| +47.41% | +73.31% | +32.08% | 19.94% | -12.36% | |
| +47.80% | +74.68% | +34.23% | 19.80% | -12.28% |
These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 3.37pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 0.67pp a year — not a difference in what they own.
Holdings
By % of NAV · equity positions carry filed share counts · every resolvable issuer links to its company page
| Ticker | Issuer | %NAV | Reported price | Value | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSMWF | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co LtdTSMWF | 14.26% | $69.42 | $1.34B | 19.3M |
| SSNLF | Samsung Electronics Co LtdSSNLF | 5.95% | $150.59 | $559.00M | 3.7M |
| — | SK hynix Inc | 4.06% | $891.77 | $381.66M | 428.0K |
| TCTZF | Tencent Holdings LtdTCTZF | 3.23% | $60.73 | $303.96M | 5.0M |
| BABAF | Alibaba Group Holding LtdBABAF | 2.36% | $16.48 | $222.05M | 13.5M |
| — | ICE US MSCI Emerging Markets EM Index Futures | 1.71% | — | $160.89M | — |
| — | Delta Electronics Inc | 1.14% | $70.13 | $107.07M | 1.5M |
| — | MediaTek Inc | 1.06% | $83.48 | $99.63M | 1.2M |
| — | China Construction Bank Corp | 0.90% | $1.13 | $85.02M | 75.3M |
| — | The Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.87% | — | $81.40M | — |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-04-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
Top 10 positions are 35.54% of net assets, top 25 43.92%, across 1.2K issuers.
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