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TIILX

Nuveen Inflation Linked Bond Fund

Actively managedBondsOpen-end fund
TIAA-CREF Funds: TIILX · TCILX · TIKRX · TIKPX · TIIHX · TIIWXHoldings as of Jun 30, 2026Filed Aug 27, 2026

Actively managed U.S. bond fund

As of its 2026 Q2 report, Nuveen Inflation Linked Bond Fund held 46 positions with $3.21B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 46.0% of the fund. The TIILX share class costs 0.25% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, TIILX returned 4.5%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q2 it added 4 new positions and exited 9.

2026 Q2 holdings and allocationChanges are against the previous quarter, 2026 Q1Headline fees and returns use the TIILX share class
Expense ratio · TIILX
0.25%
$25 a year for every $10,000 invested
0% – 0.59% across the 6 classes
$3.21B
The whole fund, all share classes
46 holdings
46.0%in the top 10
Weight held in the ten largest holdings
Top 25 hold 88.4%
Return, 1 year · TIILX
+4.5%
With dividends, to May 2026
3 yr total +14.8% · 5 yr total +12.1%
What this fund is
Objective, as filed

The Fund seeks to provide inflation protection and income, primarily through investment in inflation-linked bonds.

Strategy, summarised

The fund invests at least 80% of assets in inflation-indexed bonds, primarily U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, which adjust principal and interest payments based on the Consumer Price Index. The fund tracks the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities 1-10 Year Index. Up to 20% of assets may be allocated to foreign inflation-indexed bonds and money market instruments, with no more than 5% in below-investment-grade securities.

What you own

per cent of the fund
CompanyWeightValue
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
1.75% · due 2034-01-15
5.40%
$173.65M
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
1.63% · due 2030-04-15
5.32%
$170.93M
TSY INFL IX N/B
1.25% · due 2028-04-15
5.12%
$164.62M
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
2.13% · due 2035-01-15
4.98%
$160.12M
TSY INFL IX N/B
0.13% · due 2031-01-15
4.32%
$138.67M
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
2.13% · due 2029-04-15
4.27%
$137.17M
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
1.13% · due 2030-10-15
4.23%
$135.93M
TSY INFL IX N/B
0.13% · due 2031-07-15
4.17%
$133.92M
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
1.88% · due 2035-07-15
4.15%
$133.40M
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
1.88% · due 2034-07-15
4.00%
$128.54M
Showing 1–10 of 46 · the top 10 are 45.96% of the fund, the top 25 are 88.36%

All 46 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.

What the fund is made of

Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.

100.73%
of net assets
Bonds97.80%
Securitized1.44%
Derivatives1.16%
Cash & short-term0.33%

Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.

How it has done

Total return, dividends reinvested · to May 2026

TIILX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested

1 year
+4.47%
3 years
+14.77%
Cumulative, not per year
5 years
+12.05%
Cumulative, not per year
Largest decline in 3 years
-1.76%
From a previous high to a later low
Cumulative return, last three years· Jul 2023 – May 2026

Volatility over the last 12 months: 2.11%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.

Jun 2026 has been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so it is not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.

The 6 share classes hold the same portfolio

Share classExpense ratio1 year3 years5 yearsWorst fall
0.25%+4.47%+14.77%+12.05%-1.76%
0.59%+4.09%+13.68%+10.41%-1.88%
0.50%+4.16%+13.89%+10.62%-1.80%
0.41%+4.31%+14.20%+11.18%-1.89%
0.40%+4.35%+14.44%+11.44%-1.80%
0.00%+4.73%+15.57%+13.40%-1.69%

These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 2.99pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 0.60pp a year — not a difference in what they own.

Fees & fund details

Nuveen Inflation Linked Bond Fund is an actively managed U.S. bond fund.

Asset class
Bonds
Region
United States
Management
Actively managed
Fund type
Open-end fund
Credit quality
Investment grade
Rate sensitivity
Intermediate duration
Expense ratio, by class
0.00% – 0.59%· TIILX 0.25%
Portfolio turnover
27.00% a year · as of 2026 Q2

Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.

Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.

Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.

What changed this quarter

2026 Q2 vs 2026 Q1

Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.

4 new

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
Chicago Board of Trade
TSY INFL IX N/B
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp

9 exited· the largest 5

Chicago Board of Trade
3 holdings
MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENT
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp
TSY INFL IX N/B
2 holdings
STATE STR NAVIGATOR SECS L TR

Debt profile

What this fund holds — value-weighted across its bond and securitized long positions · as of 2026-06-30

Avg coupon
1.37%
Avg maturity
4.83 yr
Coupon type

Share of the fund's debt by how its coupon behaves — the fact that decides whether a rate move reaches this portfolio at all.

0%
floating
Fixed rate100.0%
Maturity ladder

Share of the fund's debt value in each maturity band, shortest first.

<1y10y+
<1y1.5%
1-3y30.5%
3-5y28.3%
5-10y38.1%
10y+1.5%
Flagged holdings
Defaulted: none reported
In arrears: none reported
Paid in kind: none reported

Based on what filers reported; a filer that never reported a flag also reads as none.

Risk profile

Interest-rate and credit-spread sensitivity, both in years · as of 2026Q2

More of this fund’s sensitivity sits in credit spreads than in interest rates — a rate rally that comes with a credit selloff works against it.

3.01 yr
approx. move per 100bp
4.38 yr
approx. move per 100bp
If rates and spreads both rise 100bp

Where the loss would come from. The two shocks are the same size, so this is the balance of the fund's two sensitivities rather than a bet on one moving more.

≈ -7.5%
of value
Credit spreads59%
Interest rates41%

Filers report the impact of a 0.01% move only, so the total is our own scaling of that one number and overstates the loss on most bonds — read it as approximate, never as precise. The two sensitivities overlap rather than add up: they measure the same positions against different shocks, which is why the durations above are shown side by side and never summed.

Credit risk by quality

Share of the fund's spread duration carried by each credit tier.

+4.38
yrs total
Investment grade+4.38 yr
High yield+0.00 yr
Where the risk sits on the curve

Share of duration at each point, shortest first. A positive figure loses value when spreads widen; a negative one offsets — a credit hedge.

Interest rate3.01 yr total
3 mo30 yr
3 mo0.05 yr2%
1 yr0.36 yr12%
5 yr1.47 yr49%
10 yr1.11 yr37%
30 yr0.02 yr1%
Credit spread4.38 yr total
3 mo30 yr
3 mo0.00 yr0%
1 yr0.69 yr16%
5 yr2.19 yr50%
10 yr1.47 yr34%
30 yr0.02 yr0%

The two bands measure the same positions against different shocks and do not add — a Treasury carries rate duration and no spread duration, a floating-rate credit the reverse. Rate tenors are also summed across every currency the fund discloses.

Show the numbers
TenorRate yrsIG yrsHY yrsIG $/bpHY $/bp
3 mo+0.05+0.00+0.00$1.3k$0
1 yr+0.36+0.69+0.00$220.6k$23
5 yr+1.47+2.19+0.00$705.4k$1
10 yr+1.11+1.47+0.00$472.8k$0
30 yr+0.02+0.02+0.00$7.0k$0

Dollar change per 1bp of spread movement, as filed and sign-anchored. A blank cell was not filed; a zero was.

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