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FORM ADV PART 2A
March 13, 2025
WINSLOW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
4400 IDS CENTER
80 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402
Main Telephone: 612-376-9100
Fax: 612-376-9111
Web Site Address: www.winslowcapital.com
This Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
Winslow Capital Management, LLC. If you have questions about the contents of this
Brochure, please contact: Derek M. Ciernia, Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer
and Chief Legal Officer, dciernia@winscap.com. The information in this Brochure has not
been approved or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) or by any state securities authority.
Registration with the SEC or notice filing with any state securities authority does not imply
a certain level of skill or training.
Additional information about Winslow Capital Management, LLC is also available on the
SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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ITEM 2. MATERIAL CHANGES
This Item is intended to identify and discuss in each annual update the material changes made
since the last annual update. Since the last annual update dated March 15, 2024, there have not
been any material changes made to this Brochure.
There were non-material additions, changes, and elaborations, which included revisions to risk
factors, custody, conflicts, policies, and affiliates, with enhancements and clarifications throughout.
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ITEM 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section
Page Number
Item 1.
Cover Page
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Item 2.
Material Changes
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Item 3.
Table of Contents
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Item 4.
Advisory Business
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Item 5.
Fees and Compensation
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Item 6.
Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
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Item 7.
Types of Clients
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Item 8.
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
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Item 9.
Disciplinary Information
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Item 10.
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
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Item 11.
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
and Personal Trading
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Item 12.
Brokerage Practices
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Item 13.
Review of Accounts
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Item 14.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
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Item 15.
Custody
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Item 16.
Investment Discretion
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Item 17.
Voting Client Securities
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Item 18.
Financial Information
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Additional Information
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Privacy Notice
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Winslow Capital Management, LLC
Form ADV: Part 2A
ITEM 4. ADVISORY BUSINESS
Owners and Affiliates
Winslow Capital Management, LLC (“Winslow”) has provided investment advisory services since July
1992. Winslow is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nuveen WCM Holdings, LLC, which is an indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of Nuveen, LLC (“Nuveen”). Nuveen is a subsidiary and represents the
investment management division of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (also
known as “TIAA”). TIAA constitutes the ultimate principal owner of Winslow. Please refer to Item
10, Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations, for a discussion of certain matters relating to
Winslow’s affiliates.
Winslow’s Executive Committee has powers and duties to set forth and pursue the Firm’s vision and
strategy while maintaining Winslow’s culture and ensuring that decision-making is in the best interest
of Winslow’s clients. Winslow’s officers have authority over the management of the business, its staff,
and full authority and discretion over the investment process and its implementation. The
Management Committee oversees the day-to-day Firm management. The Management Committee
also serves as the Risk Committee. The Management Committee is comprised of senior personnel
from Firm functional areas.
Investment Advisory Services
Winslow invests in growth equities through its equity investments and alternative investments
strategies.
Equity Investments
Winslow provides investment advisory services to institutional separate accounts under both direct
advisory and sub-advisory mandates (“Institutional Separate Accounts”). In addition, Winslow
provides investment advisory services to clients through managed account programs (wrap fee and
dual contract) sponsored by broker-dealers and other financial intermediaries (“SMA Accounts”).
Although most services are provided on a discretionary basis, Winslow also provides certain
services on a non-discretionary and model portfolio basis.
Winslow’s flagship strategy is the U.S. Large Cap Growth strategy. Leveraging its U.S. Large Cap
Growth experience, Winslow also manages the U.S. Large Cap Growth ESG strategy and the
Focused U.S. Large Cap Growth strategy. The U.S. Large Cap Growth, U.S. Large Cap Growth ESG,
and Focused U.S. Large Cap Growth strategies are benchmarked to the Russell 1000® Growth index.
Winslow manages the strategies subject to the Firm’s standard investment guidelines and specific
investment guidelines or policies provided by clients. Winslow typically works with clients to identify
specific restrictions or limitations that may not be consistent with its overall strategy. Where possible,
Winslow accommodates client restrictions or limitations.
Winslow has limited the distribution of its strategies in certain marketing channels. Any such limits
are in Winslow’s discretion and Winslow retains the right to lift or otherwise modify the limits at any
time.
For new accounts, Winslow will evaluate securities initially contributed and will sell all or a portion
of such securities to the extent that such securities would not be included in Winslow’s normal
portfolio holdings for such account (unless such securities are designated unsupervised or subject
to another arrangement). For illiquid or thinly traded securities, it is possible that Winslow will not
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receive favorable prices. The client will be responsible for any tax liabilities resulting from any sale
transactions initially and during management of the account.
In most instances, Winslow expects that the client will authorize and direct the custodian selected
by the client to invest automatically all cash in a money market fund (unaffiliated with Winslow or
its affiliated advisers) selected by the client or its financial advisor. The client will bear its
proportionate share of fees and expenses as a shareholder in such money market fund in addition
to Winslow’s investment advisory fees. Such investments are not subject to Winslow’s advisory
services.
From time to time, a client may instruct Winslow to suspend investment management services for
its account for a period of time. Winslow charges standard fees for all or a portion of such time to
reflect the administrative costs associated with implementing such instructions, unless affirmatively
waived by Winslow.
With Winslow’s consent, clients may include certain securities in accounts for which Winslow
provides no investment advisory services (“unsupervised securities”).
As a general matter, Winslow’s advisory services do not include monitoring, advising or acting for
a client in legal proceedings, including, without limitation, class actions and bankruptcies, involving
securities purchased or held in the client account. Clients should instruct their custodians to
promptly forward to the client any communications relating to legal proceedings involving such
assets.
Alternative Investments
Winslow’s alternative investments business (“Alternatives Management”) primarily provides
investment management services to privately-placed pooled investment vehicles (the “Private
Funds”).
For a complete list of all Private Funds for which Winslow provides investment management
services, see Section 7.B. of Schedule D to Winslow’s Form ADV Part 1.
Winslow provides Alternatives Management services to Private Funds on a discretionary basis.
Winslow typically engages third party service providers, such as custodians, administrators and/or
auditors, on behalf of Private Funds.
Winslow’s Alternatives Management tailors its advisory services as described in the investment
the relevant Private Fund’s private placement memorandum,
strategy and process of
organizational documents and/or investment management agreement.
In addition, Winslow enters into agreements, such as side letters, with certain investors in the
Private Funds that provide for terms of investment that are more favorable than the terms provided
to other investors in the Private Funds. Such terms include, but are not limited to, the waiver or
reduction of management and/or incentive fees/allocations, the provision of additional information
or reports, rights related to specific regulatory requests or requirements of certain clients, more
favorable transfer rights, and more favorable liquidity rights. Certain clients (and/or underlying
investors) also negotiate for investment exposure (or investment limitations) with respect to specific
industries, sectors, geographic regions or investments.
Persons reviewing this Form ADV Part 2A should not construe this as an offering of any of the
Private Funds described herein, which will only be made pursuant to the delivery of a private
placement memorandum, subscription agreement and/or similar documentation to prospective
investors. Further, investors in Private Funds will not be deemed advisory clients of Winslow for
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any purpose except as required under the Advisers Act or state law, and delivery of this Brochure
to any Private Fund investor is for informational purposes only.
To the extent that a particular investment opportunity exceeds the desired aggregate allocation to
Private Funds, in view of allocation considerations discussed in Item 6, Performance-based Fees
and Side-by-Side Management, Winslow, in its sole discretion, may offer opportunities for co-
investment. Co-investment opportunities may be offered to investors in Private Funds, or persons
including partners, officers, and employees and related parties and associates of Winslow, its
parent companies, or affiliates (collectively, “Co-Investors”).
Winslow serves as investment manager to Co-Investors or co-investment vehicles structured to
facilitate investments by Co-Investors alongside Private Funds (“Co-Investment Vehicles”).
Winslow and/or general partners charge management fees and/or performance-based fees to Co-
Investors or Co-Investment Vehicles. These Co-Investment Vehicles are established typically for
tax or regulatory reasons and generally invest pro rata with a Private Fund.
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs and Model Portfolio Programs – Equity Investments
Winslow provides advisory services in equity investments to separate accounts and through
programs (“programs”) sponsored by broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries (“sponsors”).
Many programs offer comprehensive brokerage, custody, consulting and investment advisory
services or some combination thereof for a fully bundled fee (“wrap fee programs” or “wrap”). In
other programs, Winslow’s advisory services are provided pursuant to a contract between Winslow
and the client and other sponsor services are provided on a partially bundled or unbundled basis.
In a dual contract program, Winslow provides its advisory services pursuant to an advisory
agreement directly with the client. A client may separately arrange with one or more third parties
for custody, financial advisory, and certain trading services to be provided on a partially-bundled or
unbundled basis. In a partially-bundled program, certain of such services (typically custody,
financial advisory, and certain trading) are provided for a bundled fee arrangement. In an unbundled
arrangement, such services are contracted, provided and paid for separately.
The services provided by Winslow to clients in wrap fee and other managed account programs
differ from the services provided to Institutional Separate Accounts, including with respect to
servicing and reporting. Although the investment strategies Winslow uses in managing wrap fee
and other managed account program accounts are similar to those offered to its Institutional
Separate Accounts, there may be material differences based on program and sponsor
requirements, including with respect to the number, weighing and composition of holdings, which
can lead to performance differences.
For wrap and similar programs, Winslow is appointed to act as an investment adviser through a
process administered or assisted by the program sponsor. Clients participating in a program,
generally with assistance from the sponsor, may select Winslow to provide investment advisory
services for their account (or a portion thereof) for a particular strategy. For discretionary programs,
Winslow provides investment advisory services based upon the needs of the program client as
reflected in information provided to Winslow by the sponsor, and will generally make itself available
as reasonably requested by clients and/or sponsors. For wrap and certain other programs, Winslow
will not be able to accommodate investment restrictions that are unduly burdensome or materially
incompatible with Winslow’s investment approach. Clients are encouraged to consult their own
financial advisors and legal and tax professionals on an initial and continuous basis in connection
with selecting and engaging the services of an investment manager in a particular strategy and
participating in a wrap or other managed account program. In the course of providing services to
program clients who have financial advisors, Winslow may rely on information or directions
communicated by the financial advisor acting with apparent authority on behalf of its client.
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Under wrap and similar programs, clients are not charged separate commissions or other
transaction costs on each trade so long as the program sponsor (or its broker-dealer affiliate)
executes the trade. A portion of the wrap fee generally is considered as in lieu of commissions or
other transaction costs. Where permitted by program terms, Winslow reserves the right to execute
a transaction through a broker-dealer other than the program sponsor where Winslow believes that
such trade would result in the best price and execution under the circumstances. In such cases,
transaction and other fees typically are included in the net price of the security, and will not be
shown separately in trade confirmations or account statements. However, it is expected that in
most or all situations trades will be executed with the program sponsor (or its broker-dealer affiliate)
so as to avoid incurring brokerage costs or other transaction costs by using other broker-dealers,
in addition to the wrap or bundled fee, or to avoid other costs associated with trading away. Please
refer to a program sponsor’s Form ADV brochure or website for more information about trading
away. Some program sponsors publish the percentage of trade-aways that Winslow places for
program clients. Winslow will not aggregate trades for wrap and similar account programs generally
with trades for other accounts where it has full trading discretion. Wrap and similar account
programs may impose certain investment or transaction limitations or restrictions on Winslow such
that those accounts will be managed similarly, but not necessarily identically, to Winslow’s non-
wrap accounts.
Winslow also participates in model-based managed account programs in which Winslow provides
the program sponsor or an overlay manager non-discretionary investment advice through model
portfolios. The model-based program sponsor or overlay manager is responsible for investment
decisions and many other services and functions typically handled by Winslow in a traditional
discretionary managed account program. In these programs, clients typically pay the program
sponsor a program fee and the program sponsor in turn pays Winslow a portion of the program fee
as its advisory fee. Unless Winslow has discretion, Winslow does not consider itself to have an
advisory relationship with clients of the sponsor or overlay manager of a model-based program. To
the extent that this Form ADV Part 2A is delivered to program clients with whom Winslow has no
advisory relationship or under circumstances where it is not legally required to be delivered, it is
provided for informational purposes only. Furthermore, because a model-based program sponsor
or overlay manager generally exercises investment discretion and, in many cases, brokerage
discretion, performance and other information relating to Winslow’s services for which it exercises
investment and/or brokerage discretion is generally provided for informational purposes only and
may not be representative of model-based program client results or experience. Winslow is not
responsible for overseeing the provision of services by a model-based program sponsor and cannot
assure the quality of its services.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Winslow has delegated some or all of its responsibilities
to one or more affiliates, including Nuveen Services, LLC (“Nuveen Services”). Nuveen Services
administrative services to Winslow may include receipt, review, and processing of new account
documentation; implementation and execution of investment directions; certain account monitoring;
and/or other administrative and operational services. The scope of Nuveen Services’ services
varies depending on the distribution channel, program, and client size and type.
More information concerning Winslow’s trading practices with respect to wrap fee and model
portfolio programs is contained in Item 12, Brokerage Practices.
Clients should review all materials relating to their program (including Form ADV Part 2A Appendix
1, or the applicable wrap fee program brochure, as applicable) regarding a program’s terms,
conditions and fees, and consider the advantages and disadvantages and overall appropriateness
of the program in light of the client’s particular circumstances. Depending upon the level of the wrap
fee charged by a program sponsor, the amount of portfolio activity in a client’s account, the value
of the custodial and other services that are provided under a program arrangement and other
factors, a program client should consider whether the wrap fee would exceed the aggregate cost
of such services if they were to be provided separately. Similarly, a non-wrap fee program client
paying separate fees should consider whether the fees charged by different parties for custody,
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advisory services, portfolio management services and securities execution and other services
would exceed the aggregate cost of such services if they were provided in a wrap fee arrangement.
Some broker-dealers serving as custodians charge fees for settling transactions executed through
other broker-dealers.
The client, and not Winslow, is responsible for the selection of the designated money market fund,
bank deposit account or other vehicle (each, a “Designated Cash Sweep Vehicle”) into which cash
and free credit balances in an account are moved pending investment by Winslow. The Designated
Cash Sweep Vehicle options for a particular advisory program are generally determined by the
qualified custodian, sponsor or financial advisor.
Winslow, through Nuveen Services, will generally follow the directions of a client or its financial
advisor regarding harvesting tax losses or gains, subject to certain scope, amount and timing
limitations. Generally, the directions entail a repurchase of the sold security after the “wash sale”
(30 day) period. The client and financial advisor are responsible for understanding the merits and
consequences of the directions in light of the client’s particular tax situation. Winslow is not a tax
advisor, and therefore clients should consult with their tax specialist to review their particular tax
situation. Daily market risk fluctuations may affect the dollar amount of gain or loss. The monetary
benefit created by tax loss selling, for example, may not exceed the risk of not being fully invested
during that time. Executing tax sales (and repurchases) may adversely affect performance. Assets
usually are invested in exchange traded funds (“ETFs”) or other pooled vehicles during the wash
sale period and for other reasons. ETFs are investment companies and have certain embedded
costs, including management fees, of which the client account will bear a proportionate share while
it is invested in the ETF.
Winslow does not advise or recommend clients to engage in margin arrangements with their
custodians for their SMA Accounts, and would generally discourage the use of such arrangements
in SMA Accounts. Clients that independently engage in such arrangements with their custodians
should consider, and consult their independent advisors on all relevant terms and risks of such
arrangements. Winslow’s investment approach is premised on the long-term investment of assets
and will not take account or consider any such arrangements in its investment management.
Margin or collateral calls in an SMA Account may result in forced sales at inopportune times.
Winslow may provide or make available at no charge various reports or materials to certain
managed account program sponsors and other financial intermediaries who typically use Winslow’s
services and products. These reports may analyze a prospective client’s current holdings or show
the effect of performance of a Winslow composite over a particular time period in a manner directed
by the sponsor or intermediary. Such reports are not intended to constitute investment advice,
research or recommendations.
Formalization and Scope of Advisory Services
Winslow formalizes its advisory relationship with a client through certain protocols such as the
execution of an investment advisory agreement with the client (e.g., for retail SMA dual contract
and institutional separate accounts) or the acceptance of new account documentation with respect
to such client (e.g., for a discretionary wrap fee program client). Winslow does not provide advice
outside of the confines of a formal advisory arrangement. Communications made in the marketing
and sales process (including RFPs/RFIs, portfolio reviews, general written materials on products,
strategies, and services, educational materials, etc.) are not intended and should not be relied upon
as advice or a recommendation. Prior to the formalization of an advisory relationship, prospective
clients and existing clients (with respect to new or different services) should make any decisions
regarding any specific course of action based on their own needs and circumstances and in
consultation with their own independent advisors.
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For the avoidance of doubt, nothing shall prohibit or impede a client from voluntarily or otherwise
communicating directly with or providing information to any governmental or regulatory authority
about their accounts, any underlying facts or circumstances, or disputes or concerns.
Winslow’s services are limited to the scope of a formalized arrangement with respect to specific
services (e.g., discretionary investment management to a particular strategy). Winslow does not
provide any fiduciary services outside of such formalized arrangement.
Different products, services and strategies provided by Winslow (and those offered or made
available through various intermediaries, financial advisors and program sponsors) have different
features, terms and conditions, risks, and direct and indirect compensation and profitability, among
other things. Therefore, Winslow (and an advisor) may have differing incentives and interests in
marketing, offering, providing or making available different products, services or strategies.
Prospects and clients, with the advice of their independent advisors, should carefully determine
and select the products, services and strategies that best meet their needs.
Client Assets Under Management
The following chart identifies Winslow’s client assets under management (AUM) as of December 31,
2024:
Discretionary AUM
Non-Discretionary/Model-based Program AUM*
Total AUM
($ in 000,000)
$27,170.6
$ 5,148.5
$32,319.1
* Model-based managed account programs in which Winslow provides the program sponsor or an
overlay manager non-discretionary investment advice through model portfolios.
Please note that client assets under management reported above differs from the assets under
management reported in Winslow’s Form ADV Part 1, which generally excludes assets associated
with a non-discretionary model-based program.
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ITEM 5. FEES AND COMPENSATION
Equity Investments (U.S. Large Cap Growth, U.S. Large Cap Growth ESG, and Focused U.S.
Large Cap Growth strategies)
Fee Description and Schedules
Winslow charges its Equity Investment strategy clients an advisory fee for the services it provides.
The specific manner in which fees are charged is established in a client’s written agreement with
Winslow and calculated pursuant to Winslow procedures. Advisory fees are generally determined
on the basis of a percentage of assets under management, payable quarterly in arrears. Winslow
will calculate the client’s fee based upon the client’s assets under management as calculated by its
portfolio accounting system unless the client specifies that the custodian’s asset value be used.
When Winslow calculates fees, valuations of account assets are determined in accordance with
Winslow’s valuation procedures, which generally rely on third party pricing services but may permit
the use of other fair valuation methodologies in certain circumstances. Winslow’s determinations
may differ from valuations reflected in a client’s custodial statements. Certain clients have
established advisory fee proration within the client’s written agreement. For those accounts,
Winslow will calculate prorated fees based on additions or subtractions of assets in client accounts
that are greater than 2% of the market value of the client account. As a general matter, Winslow
invoices clients for their fees, rather than deducting them directly from the client’s account.
Winslow’s current basic fee schedule for its institutional separate accounts is as follows:
Assets under Management Per Annum Fee
First $50 million
Next $50 million
Next $150 million
Next $250 million
Next $500 million
Over $1 billion
.60%
.55%
.50%
.45%
.40%
.35%
Subadvisory clients may receive a discount of approximately 10% from Winslow’s current basic fee
schedule. The current fee schedule for large sub-advised accounts is as follows:
Assets under Management Per Annum Fee
First $100 million
Next $250 million
Next $250 million
Next $400 million
Assets over $1 billion
.40%
.35%
.30%
.25%
.20%
Fees and services may be negotiable based on factors such as client type, asset class, pre-existing
relationship, portfolio complexity and account size or other special circumstances or requirements.
Some existing clients may pay higher or lower fees than new clients. Related accounts may be
aggregated for fee calculation purposes in certain circumstances.
Fees for services to funds and pooled investment vehicles are generally based on a percentage of
assets and are described in each fund’s prospectus or offering memorandum.
If requested, Winslow will occasionally agree to a performance-based fee, where the advisory fee
payable by the client varies depending on the investment performance of the account.
For wrap, dual contract or model portfolio programs, Winslow's fee is determined by agreement
between the sponsor and Winslow and is generally in the range of up to .60% per annum. Total
annual fees charged by wrap or model portfolio program sponsors, which include Winslow's fee,
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are generally in the range of up to 3% of the client’s assets in the wrap program. Program sponsors
typically collect the total program fee and remit Winslow's fee to Winslow. Under some contractual
arrangements, the client may pay Winslow’s fee directly to Winslow. In dual contract and other
non-wrap programs, Winslow and sponsors each charge their fees separately. The documents
relating to each wrap or model portfolio program provide additional information regarding the fees
payable to Winslow in connection with the program.
Accounts of Winslow employees, affiliate employees, former employees or employee household
members are generally managed by Winslow without an advisory fee.
Other Fees Clients Pay
Winslow’s fees do not include brokerage commissions, transaction fees, and other related costs
and expenses that the client will incur. Clients will incur certain charges imposed by custodians and
brokers, such as fees charged by managers, custodial fees, deferred sales charges, odd-lot
differentials, transfer taxes, wire transfer and electronic fund fees, and other fees and taxes on
brokerage accounts and securities transactions. Winslow’s clients generally will incur brokerage
and other transaction costs either separately or through a bundled fee. To the extent a client
account is invested in mutual funds or ETFs, the client will also pay all the fees and expenses
associated with that investment, such as advisory and administrative fees. As a result, clients will
pay two levels of advisory fees on assets invested in such funds. To the extent that Winslow invests
client assets in a mutual fund or ETF managed by a Nuveen affiliate, Winslow will, based on any
legal requirements, waive investment advisory fees on the assets invested in such affiliated fund,
credit the account for the fees paid by the affiliated fund to Winslow or its related persons, avoid or
limit the payment of duplicative fees to Winslow and its related persons through other means, or
charge fees both at the affiliated fund level and separate account level.
Such charges, fees and commissions are exclusive of and in addition to Winslow’s fee, and
Winslow does not receive any portion of these commissions, fees, and costs.
See Item 12, Brokerage Practices.
Fee Refunds
Winslow does not charge fees in advance to institutional separate accounts, so fee refunds are not
applicable. If a client terminates their investment management agreement with Winslow during a
quarter, the client will be charged a prorated fee. The documents relating to each wrap or model
portfolio program provide additional information regarding fee refund procedures.
Alternative Investments
Management Fees
Winslow and its affiliate entities serving as general partner of a Private Fund (hereafter “General
Partner”) receive management fees from Private Funds. The specific payments, terms and other
conditions of the management fee paid to Winslow or the General Partner are set forth in the
relevant governing documents and described in the private placement memoranda or the
investment management agreement, as applicable. Generally, Winslow is paid a quarterly
management fee of up to 2% per annum of total committed capital, called capital invested (at cost)
or the net asset value of the relevant Private Fund, depending, in particular, on the point in time
within the life cycle of the relevant Private Fund. Unless otherwise provided within the relevant
governing documents, management fees are generally paid quarterly in advance.
Generally, Winslow’s management fees related to Alternative Investments are not negotiable.
However, in certain circumstances, as set forth in the governing documents, Winslow may waive
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or reduce management fees. See below the Compensation Waivers or Reductions section for more
detail.
Performance-Based Allocations or Fees
Winslow and General Partners also receive performance-based compensation (e.g., carried
interest) from some clients. The specific payment terms and other conditions of the performance
compensation or allocation available to Winslow are also set forth in the relevant private placement
memoranda and other governing documents. A General Partner generally receives performance
compensation or allocations of up to 20% of the proceeds realized upon the disposition of the
assets of such Private Fund; subject to the return of capital contributions to investors and, often,
subject to a preferred return to investors, catch-up distributions to the applicable General Partner,
clawback provisions and/or other performance hurdles. See Item 6, Performance-based Fees and
Side-by-Side Management, for more detail.
Compensation Waivers or Reductions
Although Winslow’s management fees and performance compensation or allocations are generally
not negotiable related to Alternative Investments, Winslow may rebate, reduce, and/or waive some
or all of the management fee and/or performance compensation or allocation, as applicable,
pursuant to the terms of a side letter or with respect to any Private Fund as a whole. Winslow
intends to rebate, reduce, and/or waive some or all of its management fee for, but not limited to,
principals, employees, and certain affiliates of Winslow. Please see Item 4, Advisory Business for
a discussion of side letters.
In addition, Winslow may rebate, reduce, and/or waive some or all of the management fees at any
point during the life cycle of the relevant Private Fund as set forth in the governing documents.
Payment on Fees
Generally, Winslow’s management fee from Private Funds is payable quarterly in advance and any
performance fee or allocation, as detailed more in Item 6, Performance-based Fees and Side-by-
Side Management, is deducted directly from the Private Fund as set forth within the relevant
governing documents.
If an advisory contract is terminated before the end of a billing period, unearned, pre-paid fees
(prorated for the remaining portion of the billing period) will be refunded directly to the Private Fund
or underlying investor in accordance with the terms of the Private Fund’s offering documents,
organization documents and/or investment management agreement.
Other Fees and Compensation
Winslow does not anticipate receiving fees and compensation other than those detailed above.
However, in the event that Winslow contemplates the ability to receive other fees or compensation
related to Private Funds, such other fees and compensation will be disclosed to the Private Fund
and underlying investors within the relevant offering documents, organizational documents and/or
investment management agreement.
Normal Operating Expenses
As more particularly set forth or described in the offering documents, organizational documents
and/or investment management agreement of a particular Private Fund, Winslow and/or the
General Partners bear all normal operating expenses incurred in connection with the management
of Winslow, the General Partners, and the Private Funds, except for those expenses borne directly
by the Private Fund as set forth in the below section titled “Expenses Charged to Private Funds.”
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Such normal operating expenses to be borne by Winslow or the General Partner shall include,
without limitation, salaries, wages, and other expenses of employees of Winslow or the General
Partner, overhead and rentals payable for space used by Winslow, the General Partner or a Private
Fund, office expenses and expenses incurred in connection with research and analysis of industry
sectors in which a Private Fund may invest and identifying potential investment opportunities;
provided, however, that the Private Fund shall bear any and all legal, accounting or other
specialized consulting or professional services that Winslow or the General Partner would not
normally be expected to render with its own professional staff.
Expenses Charged to Private Funds
The treatment of expenses related to Private Funds is described in the offering documents,
organizational documents and/or investment management agreement of a particular Private Fund.
The Private Funds reimburse Winslow or the General Partner for any expenses paid by Winslow
or the General Partner that are properly borne by the Private Funds.
To the extent that any expenses borne by a Private Fund also benefit any other investment fund
managed by a General Partner or its affiliates, such expenses will be allocated among the
applicable Private Funds, as the General Partner may reasonably determine, either (i) pro rata in
proportion to the aggregate capital commitments of each of the Private Funds, (ii) pro rata in
proportion to relative investment amount, where the expenses relate to a particular transaction in
which the applicable Private Funds participate, or (iii) another reasonable method of allocating
expenses.
In the event that Winslow, a General Partner, or an affiliate forms and manages other investment
entities that co-invest with a Private Fund, Winslow or a General Partner will seek to fairly allocate
expenses by and among the applicable Private Funds and Co-Investors. Generally, Winslow or a
General Partner will seek to have Co-Investors share in expenses related to the applicable
investment that are borne by the Private Funds that own the same portfolio investment as the
relevant Co-Investor. However, it is not always possible or reasonable to allocate all expenses to
a Co-Investor depending upon the circumstances surrounding the co-investment and the financial
and other terms (including the timing of the investment) governing the relationship of the Co-
Investor to the Private Funds with respect to the applicable portfolio investment, and, as a result,
there will be occasions where Co-Investors, who directly, or indirectly through affiliates, may also
be limited partners in the Fund, do not bear a proportionate share of such expenses. In addition,
where a co-investment was contemplated but ultimately not consummated, the potential Co-
Investor generally does not share in the expenses borne by the Private Funds with respect to such
potential co-investment or proposed transaction opportunity. When Co-Investors are partners,
officers, employees, related persons, or associates of Winslow, Winslow has a conflict of interest
in that it has an incentive to benefit these persons by not allocating to them a pro rata share of
expenses and by causing the Private Funds to bear more than their pro rata share of expenses.
Winslow seeks to mitigate this conflict through disclosure in this Brochure.
Additional Compensation and Conflicts of Interest
Neither Winslow, a General Partner, nor any of their supervised persons accept compensation for
the sale of Private Fund interests. Winslow does use an affiliate, Nuveen Securities, LLC (“Nuveen
Securities”), a broker-dealer, on a non-exclusive basis to offer Private Fund interests. Please refer
to Item 14, Client Referrals and Other Compensation.
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ITEM 6. PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT
Equity Investments
If requested, Winslow will occasionally agree to a performance-based fee with qualified clients,
where the advisory fee payable by the client varies depending on the investment performance of
the account.
A conflict of interest could arise with accounts that are charged a performance-based fee as there
is an incentive to favor performance-based fee accounts over other accounts to generate higher
fees. Winslow addresses this conflict several ways, including by managing all similar accounts
within the same strategy in a similar fashion and by generally aggregating all discretionary client
trades for execution and allocating trades among clients in a manner designed to be fair to clients
over time. When aggregating trades, clients receive the average share price and bear the
transaction costs on a pro rata basis. In addition, Winslow acknowledges its fiduciary duty to follow
trading procedures that meet each client’s investment objectives and guidelines. Policies have
been adopted and procedures implemented to fairly execute trade orders and allocate trades in a
consistent, controlled, transparent and accountable manner.
Please refer to Item 5, Fees and Compensation and Item 12, Brokerage Practices, for additional
information pertaining to Winslow’s fees and trade allocation policies and procedures.
Alternative Investments
As discussed in Item 5, Fees and Compensation, Winslow and General Partners receive
performance-based compensation from Private Funds. Subject to the relevant private placement
memoranda and other governing documents, a General Partner generally receives performance
compensation or allocations of up to 20% of net profit proceeds.
Winslow and General Partners may be incentivized to allocate investment opportunities to Private
Funds
that pay performance-based compensation, have a higher performance-based
compensation or allocation percentage, or whose current performance does not require them to
reimburse investors for losses attributable to prior unprofitable investments before distributing said
performance-based compensation or allocations to a General Partner. To mitigate these conflicts
of interest, unless specifically disclosed in the applicable offering documents, Winslow and General
Partners will allocate all investment opportunities pro rata based on available capital, across all
Private Funds established, eligible, appropriate, and funded for said investment opportunity.
Winslow or General Partners, in their discretion, may offer opportunities to co-invest alongside one
or more Private Funds to Co-Investors when a particular investment opportunity exceeds the
aggregate allocation to Private Funds. Such co-investments may be structured through Co-
Investment Vehicles organized to facilitate such investments or for legal, tax, regulatory or other
purposes. Winslow or General Partners allocate co-investment opportunities among potential Co-
Investors in any manner they so determine, taking into account those factors that they deem
relevant under the circumstances, including, but not limited to:
i.
whether a prospective Co-Investor has expressed an interest in participating in co-
investment opportunities (including, for example, by election in such investor’s subscription
agreement or side letter);
ii.
the character or nature of the co-investment opportunity (e.g., its size, structure,
geographic location, relevant industry, tax characteristics, timing and any contemplated
minimum commitment threshold);
iii.
the level of demand for participation in such co-investment opportunity; and
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iv.
the ability of a prospective Co-Investor to analyze or consummate a potential co-investment
opportunity on an expedited basis.
In any event, no person (including any limited partner, shareholder or other investor of any Private
Fund) other than a Private Fund should have any expectation of receiving an investment
opportunity or will be owed any duty or obligation in connection therewith, and Private Funds (and
their respective limited partners, shareholders or other investors) should only have such
expectations to the extent required by their governing documents (including, if applicable, their side
letters).
Winslow and/or General Partners will be under no obligation to provide co-investment opportunities
and may offer a co-investment opportunity to one or more Co-Investors without offering such
opportunity to the other Co-Investors. Co-investments will generally be made, at the investment
level, on economic terms substantially no more favorable to Co-Investors than those on which the
Private Fund invests and any such co-investment generally will be sold or otherwise disposed of at
substantially the same time (and in the case of a partial disposition, in substantially the same
proportion) as the applicable Private Fund’s disposition of its interest in such investment and on
economic terms at the investment level substantially no more favorable to such Co-Investors than
to the Private Fund. Co-Investors will typically bear their pro rata share of fees, costs, and expenses
related to the discovery, investigation, development, acquisition or consummation, ownership,
maintenance, monitoring, hedging and disposition of their co-investments and may be required to
pay their pro rata share of fees, costs and expenses related to their potential co-investments that
are not consummated.
Winslow and/or General Partners receive performance-based compensation, management fees or
other similar fees from certain Co-Investors, and Winslow and/or General Partners at times invest,
or otherwise participate, in vehicles formed to structure a co-investment to facilitate, among other
things, receipt of such performance-based compensation, management fees or other similar fees.
In the event that a Co-Investor participates in a co-investment through one or more Co-Investment
Vehicles, they will generally also bear their pro rata share of the aggregate organizational costs
and expenses of all such vehicles.
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ITEM 7. TYPES OF CLIENTS
Equity Investments
Winslow provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to pension and profit sharing
plans (ERISA and non-ERISA), corporations, trusts, charitable organizations, foundations,
endowments, registered mutual funds, registered ETFs, collective investment trusts, foreign funds
such as “UCITS” (Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities), and individuals
and high net worth individuals through several wrap/managed account programs.
For institutional separate accounts, Winslow generally requires a minimum account of $5 million
for Equity strategies. For managed account program accounts, Winslow generally requires a
minimum account of $100,000, although the specific minimum account size varies by program.
Winslow may waive these minimums based on client type, asset class, a pre-existing relationship
with the client, and other factors.
Alternative Investments
Winslow and the General Partners generally provide investment management services and advice
to Private Funds and single investment special purpose investment vehicles.
Generally, each underlying investor in a Private Fund must be an “accredited investor” as defined
in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and a “qualified purchaser” as
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. Certain employees of Winslow or a General
Partner who qualify as “knowledgeable employees” under Rule 3c-5 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 may be permitted to invest directly or indirectly in the Private Funds.
The offering documents of each Private Fund may set minimum amounts for investment by
prospective investors in such Private Funds. These minimum amounts may be waived by Winslow
and/or the General Partners.
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ITEM 8. METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS
Winslow specializes in growth investing through its equity investments and alternative investments
strategies (the “Investment Strategies”). General descriptions of Winslow’s Investment Strategies are
included below. These descriptions are not intended to serve as applicable account guidelines.
Winslow’s Investment Strategies are not intended to provide a complete investment program for a
client, and clients are responsible for diversifying their assets as appropriate.
Nuveen has adopted certain principles on responsible investing at the enterprise level. Winslow
generally endeavors to include financially material environmental, social and governance (“ESG”)
factors as part of investment research and/or portfolio construction process to the extent relevant.
Through Winslow’s investment experience and industry research, Winslow believes that the
integration of financially material ESG characteristics into its investment research process can be a
material input to mitigating business risk, capturing compelling return opportunities and fulfilling our
shared responsibility to serve as good stewards of client capital. Winslow does not undertake to apply
specific requirements in this regard, and the degree to which ESG factors are integrated largely
depends on the particular portfolio management team, strategy and account-level guidelines and
requirements, and may vary materially. For strategies that expressly undertake to employ ESG
factors, or as otherwise expressly agreed with a client, Winslow's approach to ESG is subject to
the guidelines and terms relating to such strategies and services.
Unless a strategy expressly undertakes to employ ESG factors, or as otherwise agreed with a
client. Winslow will not necessarily include in or exclude from portfolios certain securities, industries
or sectors based solely on such criteria. Clients that select strategies that expressly pursue ESG
should consult their own financial and other advisors and consider the suitability and risks of such
strategies. See ESG Risks below.
Winslow reserves the right to limit the availability of any particular strategy at any given time based
on factors including asset class capacity, pre-existing relationships, minimum account sizes, fees,
and available distribution channels. In addition, Winslow develops other Investment Strategies and
manages portfolios according to a client’s specific investment guidelines, and thus, strategies may
vary by client account.
STRATEGIES
Equity Investments
U.S. LARGE CAP GROWTH STRATEGY
Winslow’s flagship strategy is the U.S. Large Cap Growth strategy. Portfolios managed according to
the strategy invest primarily in common stocks of U.S.-based companies with market capitalizations
typically exceeding $4 billion. The U.S. Large Cap Growth strategy uses a bottom-up fundamentally
driven investment approach with an underlying valuation discipline and is benchmarked against the
Russell 1000® Growth index.
U.S. LARGE CAP GROWTH ESG STRATEGY
Portfolios managed according to the U.S. Large Cap Growth ESG strategy invest primarily in common
stocks of U.S.-based companies with market capitalizations typically exceeding $4 billion. The
strategy uses a bottom-up fundamentally driven investment approach with an underlying valuation
discipline while giving consideration to certain ESG criteria as determined by Winslow within the
investment process. The U.S. Large Cap Growth ESG strategy is benchmarked against the Russell
1000® Growth index.
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FOCUSED U.S. LARGE CAP GROWTH STRATEGY
Portfolios managed according to the Focused U.S. Large Cap Growth strategy invest primarily in
common stocks of U.S.-based companies with market capitalizations typically exceeding $4 billion.
The strategy uses a bottom-up fundamentally driven investment approach with an underlying
valuation discipline together with a concentrated portfolio construction. The Focused U.S. Large Cap
Growth strategy is benchmarked against the Russell 1000® Growth index.
Alternative Investments
GROWTH CAPITAL STRATEGY
The Growth Capital strategy focuses on private growth equity investments. Strategy portfolios
invest primarily in convertible preferred shares or common shares of private companies according
to a fundamentally driven investment approach with an emphasis on valuation relative to public
market potential. The Growth Capital strategy does not have a benchmark.
RISKS
As with any investment, loss of principal is a risk of investing in accordance with any of the
Investment Strategies described above. This Brochure does not include every potential risk
associated with an investment strategy, or all of the risks applicable to a particular portfolio. Rather,
it is a general description of the nature and risks of Winslow’s principal strategies. The strategies
described above are subject to the risks as stated below.
General Risks
Investing in equity securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. There is
no assurance that an investment will provide positive performance over any period of time. Past
performance is no guarantee of future results and different periods and market conditions may
result in significantly different outcomes.
Active Management Risk: A portfolio is subject to the risk that the investment decisions or trading
execution may cause the account to underperform relative to the benchmark index or to portfolios
with similar investment objectives managed by other investment managers.
Capital Structure Risk: Conflicts may arise when Winslow invests one or more client accounts in
different or multiple parts of the same issuer’s or borrower’s (or its affiliate’s) capital structure,
including investments in public versus private securities, or otherwise where there are different or
inconsistent rights or benefits. Decisions or actions such as investing, trading, proxy voting,
exercising, waiving or amending rights or covenants, workout activity, or serving on a board,
committee or other involvement in governance may result in conflicts of interest between clients
holding different securities or investments. Generally, individual portfolio managers will seek to act
in a manner that they believe serves the best interest of the accounts they manage. In cases where
a portfolio manager or team faces a conflict among its client accounts, it will seek to act in a manner
that it believes best reflects its overall fiduciary duty, which may result in relative advantages or
disadvantages for particular accounts. There is also a risk that Winslow could obtain material non-
public information (“MNPI”). Possession of MNPI could limit Winslow’s ability to transact in affected
investments, which could be detrimental to client accounts. Please refer to Item 11, Code of Ethics,
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading.
Correlation Risk: The U.S. and non-U.S. equity markets often rise and fall at different times or by
different amounts due to economic or other developments particular to a given country or region.
This phenomenon would tend to lower the overall price volatility of a portfolio that included both
U.S. and non-U.S. stocks. Sometimes, however, global trends will cause the U.S. and non-U.S.
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markets to move in the same direction, reducing or eliminating the risk reduction benefit of
international investing.
Counterparty Risk: Changes in the credit quality of the companies that serve as counterparties
with respect to transactions supported by another party’s credit may affect the value of those
instruments. Certain entities that have served as counterparties in the markets for these
transactions have recently incurred significant losses and financial hardships including bankruptcy
as a result of exposure to sub-prime mortgages and other lower quality credit investments that have
experienced recent defaults or otherwise suffered extreme credit deterioration. As a result, such
hardships have reduced these entities’ capital and called into question their continued ability to
perform their obligations under such transactions. An account assumes the risk that its
counterparties could experience similar financial hardships. In the event of insolvency of a
counterparty, an account may sustain losses.
Currency Risk: Changes in currency exchange rates will affect the value of non-U.S. dollar
denominated stocks, the value of dividends and interest earned from such securities, and gains
and losses realized on the sale of such securities. A strong U.S. dollar relative to these other
currencies will adversely affect the stock’s value.
Cybersecurity Risk: Cybersecurity risk is the risk of an unauthorized breach and access to portfolio
assets, customer data, or proprietary information, or the risk of an incident occurring that causes
the portfolio, the investment adviser or sub-adviser, custodian, transfer agent, distributor or other
service provider or a financial intermediary to suffer a data breach, data corruption or lose
operational functionality. Successful cyber-attacks or other cyber-failures may adversely impact the
affected portfolio and/or client. Additionally, a cybersecurity breach could affect the issuers in which
a portfolio invests, which may cause declines in an issuer’s security price.
Deflation Risk: Deflation risk is the risk that prices throughout the economy decline over time,
which may have an adverse effect on the market valuation of companies, their assets and
revenues. In addition, deflation may have an adverse effect on the creditworthiness of issuers and
may make issuer default more likely, which may result in a decline in the value of an account.
Downgrade Risk: The risk that securities are subsequently downgraded should rating agencies
believe the issuer’s business outlook or creditworthiness has deteriorated.
Geographic, Industry, Sector, and General Concentration Risk: A portfolio’s concentration of
investments in securities of issuers located in a particular industry or sector or a particular state,
country or region subjects a portfolio to economic conditions that may adversely affect an industry,
sector or geographic area. In addition, concentration of investments in issuers located in a particular
geography subjects a portfolio to government policies within that geographic area. As a result, a
portfolio will be more susceptible to factors that adversely affect issuers in a particular industry,
sector or geographic area than a portfolio that does not have as great a concentration in such
issuers. A concentrated portfolio may also invest a larger portion of its assets in the securities of a
limited number of issuers and may be more sensitive to any single economic, business, political or
regulatory occurrence than a less concentrated, more diversified portfolio.
Global Economic Risk: National and regional economies and financial markets are becoming
increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibilities that conditions in one country, region
or market might adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or market. Changes in legal,
political, regulatory, tax and economic conditions may cause fluctuations in markets and securities
prices around the world, which could negatively impact the value of an account’s investments. For
example, the United Kingdom’s referendum decision to leave the European Union resulted in the
depreciation in value of the British pound, short term declines in the stock markets and ongoing
economic and political uncertainty concerning the consequences of the exit. Similar major
economic or political disruptions, particularly in large economies like China’s, may have global
negative economic and market repercussions. Additionally, events such as war, terrorism, natural
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and environmental disasters and the spread of infectious illnesses or other public health
emergencies may adversely affect the global economy and the markets and issuers in which an
account invests. These events could reduce consumer demand or economic output, result in
market closure, travel restrictions or quarantines, and generally have a significant impact on the
economy. Such events could materially increase risks, including market and liquidity risk, and
significantly reduce account values. These events could also impair the information technology and
other operational systems upon which service providers, including Winslow, rely, and could
otherwise disrupt the ability of employees of service providers to perform essential tasks on behalf
of an account. There is no assurance that governmental and quasi-governmental authorities and
regulators will provide constructive and effective intervention when facing a major economic,
political or social disruption, disaster or other public emergency.
Hedging Risk: Winslow’s use of transactions to reduce risks in an account involves costs and will
be subject to Winslow’s ability to predict correctly changes in the relationships of such hedge
instruments to the portfolio holdings or other factors. No assurance can be given that Winslow’s
judgment in this respect will be correct. In addition, no assurance can be given that an account will
enter into hedging or other transactions at times or under circumstances in which it may be
advisable to do so.
Inflation Risk: Inflation risk is the risk that the value of assets or income from investments will be
worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real
value of the account and distributions can decline. In recent years, inflationary pressures have
increased.
Investment Style Risk: Different types of securities and asset classes tend to shift in and out of
favor depending on market and economic conditions. To the extent a portfolio emphasizes a
particular style of investing or asset class, a portfolio runs the risk that such style or asset class will
underperform relative to the benchmark index or portfolios with similar investment objectives
managed by other investment managers.
Issuer Risk: The risk that an issuer’s earnings prospects and overall financial position will
deteriorate, causing a decline in the value of the issuer’s financial instruments over short or
extended periods of time.
Liquidity Risk: Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell. A
portfolio’s investments in illiquid securities may reduce the returns of the account because it may
be unable to sell the illiquid securities at an advantageous time or price. Additionally, the market
for certain investments may become illiquid under adverse market or economic conditions
independent of any specific adverse changes in the conditions of a particular issuer. In such cases,
a portfolio, due to potential limitations on investments in illiquid securities and the difficulty in
purchasing and selling such securities or instruments, may be unable to achieve its desired level
of exposure to a certain sector.
Management Risk: This is the risk that Winslow will not successfully execute the strategy even
after applying its investment process and sell discipline. There can be no guarantee that Winslow’s
decisions will produce the intended result, and there can be no assurance that the investment
strategy will succeed.
Market Disruption Risk: In late February 2022, Russia launched a large-scale military attack on
Ukraine, which significantly amplified already existing geopolitical tensions among Russia, Ukraine,
Europe, NATO and the West, including the U.S. In response, various countries, including the U.S.,
the United Kingdom, and the European Union issued broad-ranging economic sanctions against
Russia, and additional sanctions may be imposed in the future. Sanctions and other actions against
Russia may adversely impact, among other things, the Russian economy and various sectors of
the economy, including but not limited to, financials, energy, metals and mining, engineering and
defense and defense-related materials sectors; result in a decline in the value and liquidity of
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Russian securities; result in boycotts, tariffs, and purchasing and financing restrictions on Russia’s
government, companies and certain individuals; weaken the value of the ruble; downgrade the
country’s credit rating; freeze Russian securities and/or funds invested in prohibited assets and
impair the ability to trade in Russian securities and/or other assets; and have other adverse
consequences on the Russian government, economy, companies and region. Further, several
large corporations and U.S. states have announced plans to divest interests or otherwise curtail
business dealings with certain Russian businesses.
The ramifications of the hostilities and sanctions, however, may not be limited to Russia and
Russian companies and may negatively impact other regional and global economic markets
(including Europe and the United States), companies in other countries (particularly those that have
done business with Russia) and on various sectors, industries and markets for securities and
commodities globally, such as oil and natural gas. Accordingly, the actions discussed above and
the potential for a wider conflict could increase financial market volatility, cause severe negative
effects on regional and global economic markets, industries, and companies and have a negative
effect on investments and performance beyond any direct exposure to Russian issuers or those of
adjoining geographic regions. In addition, Russia may take retaliatory actions and other
countermeasures, including cyberattacks and espionage against other countries and companies
around the world, which may negatively impact such countries and the companies in which your
account invests. The extent and duration of the military action or future escalation of such hostilities,
the extent and impact of existing and future sanctions, market disruptions and volatility, and the
result of any diplomatic negotiations cannot be predicted. These and any related events could have
a significant impact on the value of investments and on investment performance, particularly with
respect to Russian exposure.
Market Risk: The market values of the securities owned in the strategy may decline, at times
sharply and unpredictably. Price changes may occur in the market as a whole, or they may occur
in only a particular country, company, industry, or sector of the market. Market values of equity
securities are affected by a number of different factors, including the historical and prospective
earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, management decisions, decreased demand for an
issuer’s products or services, increased production costs, general economic conditions, interest
rates, currency exchange rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Market values may
change due to the particular circumstances of individual issuers or due to general conditions
impacting issuers more broadly within a specific country, region, industry, sector or asset class.
Global economies and financial markets have become highly interconnected, and thus economic,
market or political conditions or events in one country or region might adversely impact issuers
and/or market conditions in a different country or region. As a result, the value of a portfolio’s
investments may be negatively affected whether or not the portfolio invests in a country or region
directly impacted by such conditions or events.
Additionally, unexpected events and their aftermaths, including broad financial dislocations (such
as the “great recession” of 2008-09), war, armed conflict, terrorism, the imposition of economic
sanctions, bank failures (such as the March 2023 failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature
Bank, the second- and third-largest bank failures in U.S. history), natural and environmental
disasters and the spread of infectious illnesses or other public health emergencies (such as the
COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic first detected in December of 2019), may adversely affect the
global economy and the markets and issuers in which a portfolio invests. These events could
reduce consumer demand or economic output, result in market closures, travel restrictions or
quarantines, or widespread unemployment, and generally have a severe negative impact on the
global economy. Such events could also impair the information technology and other operational
systems upon which a portfolio’s service providers, including the investment adviser and sub-
adviser, rely, and could otherwise disrupt the ability of employees of a portfolio’s service providers
to perform essential tasks on behalf of a portfolio. Furthermore, such events could cause financial
markets to experience elevated or even extreme volatility and losses, could result in the disruption
of trading and the reduction of liquidity in many instruments. In addition, sanctions and other
measures could limit or prevent a portfolio from buying and selling securities (in sanctioned country
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and other markets), significantly delay or prevent the settlement of securities transactions, and
significantly impact liquidity and performance. Governmental and quasi-governmental authorities
and regulators throughout the world have in the past responded to major economic disruptions with
a variety of significant fiscal and monetary policy changes, including but not limited to, direct capital
infusions into companies, new monetary programs and dramatically lower interest rates. An
unexpected or quick reversal of these policies, or the ineffectiveness of these policies, could
increase volatility in securities markets, which could adversely affect the value of a portfolio’s
investments. In addition, there is a possibility that the rising prices of goods and services may have
an effect on the portfolio. As inflation increases, the value of the portfolio’s assets can decline.
Non-Diversification Risk: A less diversified portfolio may invest a large portion of its assets in a
fewer number of issuers than a diversified portfolio. If a relatively high percentage of a portfolio’s
assets may be invested in the securities of a limited number of issuers, a portfolio may be more
susceptible to any single, economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a diversified portfolio.
Non-U.S. Risk: Non-U.S. companies or U.S. companies with significant non-U.S. operations may
be subject to risks in addition to those of companies that principally operate in the United States
due to political, social and economic developments abroad, different regulatory environments and
laws, potential seizure by the government of company assets, higher taxation, withholding taxes
on dividends and interest and limitations on the use or transfer of portfolio assets. Other risks
include the following:
Enforcing legal rights may be difficult, costly and slow in non-U.S. countries, and there may
be special problems enforcing claims against non-U.S. governments.
Non-U.S. companies may not be subject to accounting standards or governmental
supervision comparable to U.S. companies, and there may be less public information about
their operations.
Non-U.S. markets may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets.
Other Investment Companies Risk: When an account invests in investment companies (including
ETFs), the client account bears both its advisory fees payable to Winslow, and, indirectly, the
expenses of the other investment companies. Furthermore, the account is exposed to the risks to
which the other investment companies may be subject.
Quantitative Strategy Risk: When executing an investment strategy using various quantitative or
investment models, securities or other financial instruments selected may perform differently than
expected, or from the market as a whole, as a result of a model’s component factors, the weight
placed on each factor, changes from the factors’ historical trends, deficiencies in the inputs, design,
operation and implementation of models, inadvertent systems and human errors, and technical
issues in the construction, implementation and maintenance of the models (e.g., data problems,
software issues, etc.). There can be no assurance that a model will achieve its objective.
Regulatory Risk: If financial markets become unstable, as happened in 2008-2009, federal, state,
and other governments, their regulatory agencies, or self-regulatory organizations could take
actions that affect the regulation of the instruments in which an account invests, or the issuers of
such instruments, in ways that are unforeseeable. Volatile financial markets can expose accounts
to greater market and liquidity risk and potential difficulty in valuing portfolio instruments held by
accounts. The value of an account’s holdings is also generally subject to the risk of future local,
national, or global economic disturbances based on unknown weaknesses in the markets in which
an account invests. In the event of such a disturbance, issuers of securities held by a portfolio may
experience significant declines in the value of their assets and even cease operations, or may
receive government assistance accompanied by increased restrictions on their business operations
or other government intervention. In addition, it is not certain that the U.S. government will intervene
in response to a future market disturbance and the effect of any such future intervention cannot be
predicted. It is difficult for issuers to prepare for the impact of future financial downturns, although
companies can seek to identify and manage future uncertainties through risk management
programs.
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From time to time, Winslow may be subject to regulatory inquiries, information requests,
examinations, and
investigations and similar matters by regulatory and governmental
agencies. Winslow routinely cooperates with such requests. As a general policy Winslow does not
disclose the details of these inquiries and investigations until there are findings or conclusions.
Where applicable, Winslow will disclose regulatory matters to the extent required in Form
ADV. Regulatory developments related to Winslow, which could include compliance failures or
other legal or regulatory matters, may generate negative publicity, which in turn could lead to
redemptions/account withdrawals and the need to sell assets. Selling under such circumstances
could have an adverse impact on the price of such assets.
Technology and Model Risk: Winslow regularly uses technology in a variety of ways in its
investment processes for certain strategies. Such technology may include quantitative models,
algorithms, internal databases, and other proprietary and third-party systems. These systems are
developed and/or implemented based on certain assumptions, including the accuracy and reliability
of input data. Data imprecision, technology design flaws, inaccurate assumptions, software or other
technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies and similar circumstances may impair the
performance of this technology, which may result in taking certain steps that would not have been
taken (or not taking certain steps that would have been taken) had the technology performed as
intended. Data inaccuracies, including incomplete data, assumptions that prove to be incorrect, or
errors in the implementation of technology may occur from time to time and may not be identified
and/or corrected. Reliance on technology that does not perform as designed or as intended may
result in losses to client accounts.
General Equity Risks
Equity Security Risk: Equity securities in a portfolio may decline significantly in price over short or
extended periods of time. Price changes may occur in the market as a whole, or they may occur in
only a particular country, company, industry, or sector of the market. From time to time, a portfolio
may invest a significant portion of its assets in companies in one or more related sectors or
industries which would make the portfolio more vulnerable to adverse developments affecting such
sectors or industries.
Frequent Trading Risk: Frequent trading of portfolio securities may produce capital gains, which
are taxable to shareholders when distributed. Frequent trading may also increase the amount of
commissions or mark-ups to broker-dealers that a portfolio pays when it buys and sells securities,
which may detract from portfolio performance.
Growth Stock Risk: Growth stocks tend to be more volatile than certain other types of stocks and
their prices usually fluctuate more dramatically than the overall stock market. A stock with growth
characteristics can have sharp price declines due to decreases in current or expected earnings and
may lack dividends that can help cushion its share price in a declining market.
Illiquid Securities Risk: Illiquid securities are securities that are not readily marketable and may
include some restricted securities, which are securities that may not be resold to the public without
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 or, if they are unregistered, may
be sold only in a privately negotiated transaction or pursuant to an exemption from registration.
Illiquid securities involve the risk that the securities will not be able to be sold in a timely fashion or
at a fair price.
Initial Public Offering Risk: By virtue of its size and institutional nature, an adviser may have
greater access to Initial Public Offerings (“IPOs”) than individual investors. Most IPOs involve a
high degree of risk not normally associated with offerings of more seasoned companies.
Companies involved in IPOs generally have limited operating histories, and their prospects for
future profitability are uncertain. These companies often are engaged in new and evolving
businesses and are particularly vulnerable to competition and to changes in technology, markets
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and economic conditions. They may be dependent on certain key managers and third parties, need
more personnel and other resources to manage growth and require significant additional capital.
They may also be dependent on limited product lines and uncertain property rights, and may need
certain regulatory approvals. Investors in IPOs can be affected by substantial dilution in the value
of their shares, by sales of additional shares and by concentration of control in existing
management and principal shareholders. Stock prices of IPOs can also be highly unstable, due to
the absence of a prior public market, the small number of shares available for trading and limited
investor information. IPOs will frequently be sold within 12 months of purchase. This may result in
increased short-term capital gains, which will be taxable as ordinary income.
Large-Cap Stock Risk: Because the strategies invest primarily in large capitalization stocks, the
strategies may underperform other strategies that invest primarily in stocks of smaller capitalization
companies during periods when the stocks of such companies are in favor. Large-capitalization
companies may be unable to respond as quickly as smaller capitalization companies to competitive
challenges, consumer tastes or to changes in business, product, financial or other market
conditions. Additionally, large-cap companies are sometimes less able to achieve as high of growth
rates as successful small companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Mid-Cap Company Risk: While stocks of mid-cap companies may be slightly less volatile than
those of small-cap companies, they still involve substantial risk. Mid-cap companies may have
limited product lines, markets or financial resources, and they may be dependent on a limited
management group. Stocks of mid-cap companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market
movements than those of large, more established companies or the market averages in general.
Private Investments in Public Equity Risk: Subject to specific client restrictions, Institutional
Separate Accounts may purchase equity securities in a private placement that are issued by issuers
who have outstanding, publicly-traded equity securities of the same class “private investments in
public equity” or “PIPEs”). Shares in PIPEs generally are not registered with the SEC until after a
certain period from the date the private sale is completed. This restricted period can last many
months. Until the public registration process is completed, PIPEs are restricted as to resale, and
Winslow cannot freely trade the securities. Generally, such restriction causes the PIPEs to be
illiquid during this time. PIPEs may contain provisions that the issuer will pay specified penalties to
the holder if the issuer does not publicly register the restricted equity securities within a specified
period of time, but there is no assurance that the restricted equity securities will be publicly
registered, or that the registration will remain in effect. In addition, the risks associated with IPOs
(as described above) also generally apply to PIPEs.
Restricted Securities Risk: The market for restricted securities, including Rule 144A securities,
typically is less active than the market for publicly traded securities. Rule 144A securities and other
securities exempt from registration under the Securities Act carry the risk that their liquidity may
become impaired and a portfolio may be unable to dispose of the securities promptly or at current
market value. In the U.S., restricted securities are typically sold only to qualified institutional buyers.
An insufficient number of buyers interested in purchasing restricted securities at a particular time
could adversely affect the marketability of such investments and a portfolio might be unable to
dispose of them promptly or at a reasonable price. In many cases, privately placed securities may
be subject to transfer restrictions or may not be freely transferable under the laws of the applicable
jurisdiction or due to contractual restrictions on resale. As a result of the absence of a public trading
market, privately placed securities may be deemed to be illiquid investments or less liquid
investments and may be more difficult to value than publicly traded securities. To the extent that
privately placed securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized
from the sales, due to lack of liquidity, could be less than those originally paid by a portfolio or less
than their fair market value. In addition, issuers whose securities are not registered and publicly
traded may not be subject to the disclosure and other investor protection requirements that may be
applicable if their securities were publicly traded. In making investments in such securities, a
portfolio may obtain access to material nonpublic information, which may restrict the portfolio’s
ability to conduct portfolio transactions in such securities.
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Small-Cap Company Risk: Stocks of small-cap companies involve substantial risk. These
companies which can include start-up companies offering emerging products or services, may lack
the management expertise, product diversification, and competitive strengths of larger companies.
They may have limited access to financial resources and may not have the financial strength to
sustain them through business downturns or adverse market conditions. Since small-cap
companies typically reinvest a high proportion of their earnings in their business, they may not pay
dividends for some time, particularly if they are newer companies. Prices of small-cap stocks may
be subject to more abrupt or erratic movements than stock prices of larger, more established
companies or the market averages in general. In addition, the frequency and volume of their
securities trading may be less than is typical of securities issued by larger companies, making them
subject to wider price fluctuations and lower liquidity. In some cases, there could be difficulties in
selling the stocks of small-cap companies at the desired time and price, especially in situations of
increased market volatility. Small-cap companies may not be widely followed by the investment
community, which may lower the demand for their securities. Stocks at the bottom end of the
capitalization range of small-cap companies sometimes are referred to as “micro-cap” stocks.
These stocks may be subject to extreme price volatility, as well as limited liquidity and limited
research.
Style-specific Risk: Different types of stocks tend to shift in and out of favor depending on market
and economic conditions. The strategies emphasize a growth style of investing and therefore seek
companies experiencing high rates of current growth; such companies may be more volatile than
other types of investments.
ESG Risks
The following ESG risks may apply to certain Equity and Alternative Investment strategies, as
applicable.
ESG Investing Risk - Strategies that select securities based on ESG or similar criteria may forgo
certain market opportunities available to strategies or products that do not use these criteria.
Because a portfolio’s ESG investment criteria and/or proprietary framework may exclude securities
of certain issuers for non-financial reasons (i.e., companies that do not demonstrate sustainable
ESG characteristics or are involved in curtained prohibited activities), a portfolio may forgo some
market opportunities available to portfolios that do not use these criteria or may be required to sell
a security when it might otherwise be disadvantageous to do so. This may cause the portfolio to
underperform the relevant market or other portfolios that do not use an ESG investment strategy.
Moreover, the portfolio’s adherence to its ESG investment strategy when selecting securities may
affect the portfolio’s performance depending on whether such investments are in or out of favor. In
addition, there is a risk that the companies identified by the portfolio’s ESG investment criteria do
not operate as expected when addressing ESG issues. A company’s ESG performance or practices
or Winslow’s assessment of those actions could vary over time, which could cause the portfolio to
be temporarily invested in companies that do not comply with the portfolio’s approach towards
considering ESG characteristics. There are significant differences in interpretations of what it
means for a company to have positive ESG characteristics, and Winslow’s interpretation may not
align with the interpretation of certain investors and others. While Winslow believes its evaluation
of ESG characteristics is reasonable, its views and determinations may differ from other investors’
or advisers’ views. In addition, some states have determined to prohibit investment strategies using
ESG principles. In making investment decisions, Winslow relies on information and data that could
be incomplete or erroneous, which could cause Winslow to incorrectly assess a company’s ESG
characteristics. Additionally, Winslow may not apply the relevant ESG criteria correctly, causing it
to inaccurately assess a company’s ESG characteristics. ESG principles have also become subject
to criticism with certain governmental authorities which could subject the strategy to heightened
scrutiny compared to other strategies. The third-party data providers may differ in the data they
provide for a given security or between industries or may only take into account one of many ESG-
related components of a company. Furthermore, data availability and reporting with respect to ESG
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criteria may not always be available or may become unreliable and Winslow does not guarantee
the accuracy of such data. Finally, the regulatory landscape with respect to ESG globally is still
under development and, as a result, future regulations and/or rules adopted by applicable
regulators could require a portfolio to change or adjust its investment process with respect to ESG
investing.
Material Risks Specific to Focused U.S. Large Cap Growth Strategy
Concentrated Portfolio Risk: A portfolio invested in a concentrated number of securities or sectors
is more vulnerable to price fluctuations than strategies that diversify among a broad range of
securities and sectors. As such, the decline in the value of these securities or sectors will cause
the value of the portfolio to decline to a greater degree than that of a less concentrated portfolio.
Material Risks Specific to Growth Capital Strategy
Risk inherent in Venture Capital Investments: The types of investments that Winslow anticipates
making involve a high degree of risk. In general, financial and operating risks confronting portfolio
companies can be significant. While targeted returns should reflect the perceived level of risk in
any investment situation, there can be no assurance that the Private Funds will be adequately
compensated for risks taken. A loss of a Private Fund’s entire investment is possible. In addition,
the markets that such companies target are highly competitive and in many cases the competition
consists of larger companies with access to greater resources. The timing of profit realization is
highly uncertain. Losses are likely to occur early in a Private Fund’s term, while successes often
require a long maturation.
Investments in more mature companies in the expansion or profitable stage involve substantial
risks. Such companies typically have obtained capital in the form of debt and/or equity to expand
rapidly, reorganize operations, acquire other businesses, or develop new products and markets.
These activities by definition involve a significant amount of change in a company and could give
rise to significant problems in sales, manufacturing, and general management of these activities.
Risk of Investment in Companies Dependent Upon New Scientific Developments and
Technologies: Winslow expects to invest in technology and technology related companies. The
value of the interest may be susceptible to greater risk than an investment in a partnership that
invests in a broader range of securities. The specific risks faced by such companies include:
rapidly changing science, technologies and consumer preferences;
new competing products and improvements in existing products which may quickly render
existing products or technologies obsolete;
exposure, in certain circumstances, to a high degree of government regulation, making
these companies susceptible to changes in government policy and failures to secure, or
unanticipated delays in securing, regulatory approvals;
scarcity of management, technical, scientific, research and marketing personnel with
appropriate training;
the possibility of lawsuits related to patents and intellectual property; and
rapidly changing investor sentiments and preferences with regard to technology related
investments (which are generally perceived as risky).
Material Risks Specific to Private Funds
Investing in Private Funds involves risk of loss that investors should be prepared to bear. There is
no assurance that an investment will provide positive performance over any period of time. Past
performance is no guarantee of future results and different periods and market conditions may
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result in significantly different outcomes. The material risks generally applicable to investing in
Private Funds are set forth below. As a manager to Private Funds, Winslow has also become
subject to increasing regulatory oversight that has increased the compliance and other costs of
managing Private Funds. For a complete list of the material risks associated with certain Private
Funds, refer to the offering documents, organizational documents and/or investment management
agreement for the applicable Private Fund.
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The foregoing list of risk factors does not purport to be a complete enumeration or explanation of
the risks involved in an investment strategy. Prospective clients and clients are encouraged to
consult their own financial advisors and legal and tax professionals on an initial and continuous
basis in connection with selecting and engaging the services of an investment manager for a
particular strategy. In addition, due to the dynamic nature of investments and markets, strategies
may be subject to additional and different risk factors not discussed herein.
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ITEM 9. DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
Form ADV Part 2A requires disclosure of all material facts regarding any legal or disciplinary events
that would be material to your evaluation of Winslow or the integrity of Winslow’s management.
Winslow has no such events to disclose.
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ITEM 10. OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
As discussed above, Winslow is an indirect subsidiary of Nuveen. Nuveen is a subsidiary, and
represents the investment management division, of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
of America (also known as “TIAA”). TIAA constitutes the ultimate principal owner of Winslow. For
additional information on the ownership structure, please see Form ADV Part 1, Schedules A and
B.
TIAA’s subsidiaries include various financial industry entities, including broker-dealers, other
investment advisers, commodity pool operators and/or commodity trading advisors, banking or thrift
institutions, insurance companies or agencies, pension consultants, sponsors or syndicators of
limited partnerships, and sponsors, general partners, or managing members of pooled investment
vehicles, among other entities. For further information on these subsidiaries, please see Exhibit A.
TIAA is considered a control person of Winslow and TIAA’s other financial industry entities are
considered affiliates of Winslow under various other regulatory regimes, including as applicable the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and ERISA.
Neither TIAA nor its other affiliates have material involvement in Winslow’s day-to-day investment
and voting determinations on behalf of clients. Winslow exercises its own independent investment
and voting discretion in accordance with its investment philosophy, fiduciary duties and client
guidelines, and Winslow maintains certain information barriers designed generally to provide for
such independent exercise of investment and voting power.
Winslow is committed to putting the interests of its clients first and seeks to act in a manner
consistent with its fiduciary and contractual obligations to its clients and applicable law. At times,
Winslow may determine, in an exercise of its discretion, to limit or refrain from entering into certain
transactions, for some or all clients, in order to seek to avoid a potential conflict of interest, or where
the legal, regulatory, administrative or other costs associated with entering into the transaction are
deemed by Winslow to outweigh the expected benefits. Further, certain regulatory and legal
restrictions or limitations and internal policies (including those relating to the aggregation of different
account holdings by Winslow and its affiliates) may restrict certain investment or voting activities of
Winslow on behalf of its clients. For example, Winslow’s investment and proxy voting activities with
respect to certain securities, issuers, regulated industries and non-U.S. markets may be restricted
where applicable laws or regulations impose limits or burdens with respect to exceeding certain
investment thresholds when aggregated with its affiliates.
To the extent permitted by the Advisers Act, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, and
other law, as applicable, Winslow may give advice, take action or refrain from acting in the
performance of its duties for certain client accounts that may differ from such advice or action, or
the timing or nature of such advice or action, for other client accounts including, for example, for
clients subject to one or more regulatory frameworks.
From a business perspective within Nuveen, Winslow’s business is part of a functional group
(known internally as Nuveen Equities & Fixed Income), that seeks to promote alignment and
collaboration among certain Nuveen affiliates managing equity and fixed income asset classes.
These affiliates include Winslow, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, Teachers Advisors, LLC
(“TAL”) and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC (the last two referred to collectively as
“TIAA Investments”), and others.
TIAA affiliates market, distribute, make referrals of, use and/or recommend investment products
and services (including funds and pooled investment vehicles, and investment advisory services)
of other affiliates (including Winslow), and such affiliates sometimes pay and receive fees and
compensation in connection thereto. As a result of the potential additional economic benefit to
Winslow and/or its affiliates resulting from such activities, there is a potential conflict of interest for
Winslow, which Winslow seeks to mitigate in a variety of ways, depending on the nature of the
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conflict, such as through oversight of these activities and/or by disclosure in this Brochure. To the
extent permitted by applicable law, Winslow may delegate some or all of its responsibilities to one
or more affiliates, including affiliated investment advisers. Winslow’s affiliates may likewise
delegate some or all responsibilities to Winslow. Affiliated broker-dealers and their personnel act
as distributors with respect to and/or promote and provide marketing support to affiliated funds and
broker-dealer personnel are internally compensated for those activities. Such distribution activities
are subject to the broker-dealer’s own procedures.
Winslow serves as sub-adviser to several affiliated registered open and closed-end funds, including
funds branded as “Nuveen Funds” for which Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC serves as adviser.
Winslow also serves as sub-adviser to other affiliated funds, including a series of products offered
through one or more bank collective investment trusts (“CITs”) under the Nuveen brand, and an
investment company with variable capital incorporated with limited liability in Ireland and
established as an umbrella fund with segregated liability between funds pursuant to the European
Communities (UCITS) Regulations 2011, under the Nuveen brand. Winslow also provides
investment services (e.g., as adviser, sub-adviser or portfolio consultant) to other affiliated funds,
including funds with the “Nuveen” brand. Winslow serves as managing member, adviser or sub-
adviser to one or more affiliated Private Funds or other pooled investment vehicles.
Winslow’s affiliates or shared services units provide it with supplemental account administration,
trading, operations, client service, sales and marketing, product development and management,
risk management, information technology, legal and compliance, human resources, and other
corporate, finance or administrative services. The scope of such services varies depending on the
particular strategy, distribution channel, program, client size, and type. With respect to wrap fee
and other programs, Nuveen Services’ administrative services to Winslow may include receipt,
review and processing of new account documentation; implementation and execution of investment
directions; certain account monitoring; and/or other administrative and operational services. The
scope of Nuveen Services’ services varies depending on the particular strategy, distribution
channel, program, client size, and type.
Each of the following entities is affiliated with Winslow and serves as a General Partner or managing
member of an operating Private Fund as of December 31, 2024:
Growth Capital GP I, LLC
Winslow Growth Capital GP II, LLC
Winslow Growth Capital GP III, LLC
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ITEM 11. CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT
TRANSACTIONS AND PERSONAL TRADING
Code of Ethics Description
Winslow has adopted the Nuveen Code of Ethics (the “Code”) to set forth the standards of conduct
expected of employees, to uphold Winslow’s fiduciary duties, and to require compliance with the
federal securities laws, including various provisions of Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940 and Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Code requires that
Winslow conduct its business consistent with its status as a fiduciary to its clients and has
affirmative duties of care, loyalty, honesty and good faith in connection with all of its activities. This
includes putting client interests first at all times. The Code includes provisions relating to the
confidentiality of client information and other business-related information, a prohibition on insider
trading, handling actual or perceived conflicts of interest appropriately, and personal securities
trading procedures, among other things. All employees of Winslow must acknowledge the terms of
the Code of Ethics annually, or as amended. The Code and associated procedures are designed to
detect and prevent conflicts of interest relating to personal trading by Winslow’s Access Persons
and Investment Persons (as defined in the Code), and to ensure that Winslow effects transactions
for clients in a manner that is consistent with its fiduciary duty to its clients and in accordance with
applicable law. The Code is designed to assure that the personal securities transactions and
personal interests of the employees of Winslow will not interfere with (i) making decisions in the
best interest of advisory clients and (ii) implementing such decisions while, at the same time,
allowing employees to invest for their own accounts.
Winslow’s employees and Household Members (as defined in the Code) who wish to purchase or
sell most types of securities may do so only in compliance with certain procedures. Each employee
is required to provide Winslow and/or certain related persons with securities trading activity reports
and securities holding reports upon commencement of employment and thereafter on a quarterly
and annual basis. In addition, employee and Household Member transactions are subject to
limitations regarding the type and timing of transactions, including certain trading prohibitions, and
pre-approval and monitoring by compliance professionals of Winslow and/or certain related
persons. Under the Code certain securities have been designated as exempt transactions, based
upon a determination that these would not materially interfere with the best interest of Winslow’s
clients.
The Code requires pre-clearance of many transactions, and restricts trading in close proximity to
client trading activity. Employees and Household Members must hold positions in Reportable
Securities (as defined by the Code) subject to pre-clearance for sixty (60) calendar days from the
most recent purchase of that security before realizing any profits. With Compliance pre-approval,
the Code allows employees to classify investment accounts as Managed Accounts. Managed
Accounts (as defined by the Code) are any accounts for which full investment discretion has been
delegated in writing to a third-party broker or investment manager. Managed Accounts need to be
pre-approved and are reportable under the Code, but do not require pre-clearance for trades. The
Code generally prohibits employees from purchasing equity IPOs, including within Managed
Accounts. The Code prohibits employees and related persons from participating in investment
clubs or similar entities. The Code prohibits the misuse of material nonpublic information.
Certain Code restrictions, as follows, apply to related persons of Winslow who (i) in connection with
their regular functions or duties make or participate in making recommendations regarding the
purchase or sale of securities for a client account, or (ii) are natural persons in a relationship with
Winslow or its affiliates and obtain information concerning recommendations made to a client
account, portfolio managers, research analysts, research assistants, or any other persons
designated as such by Winslow or any affiliated entity (each such person is an “Investment
Person”).
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In the event that a client account transacts within seven (7) days preceding or following an
Investment Person’s transaction in the same (or related, or equivalent) security, the Investment
Person may be required to dispose of the security and/or disgorge any profits associated with his
or her transaction. Such disposal and/or disgorgement may be required notwithstanding any prior
written approval granted.
With respect to other related persons that are not Investment Persons, Winslow and its advisory
affiliates maintain procedures (including certain information barriers) designed generally to provide
for independent exercise of investment and voting power.
In addition to the Code, Winslow prohibits its employees and Household Members from transacting
in any security (including options or derivatives related to such securities) held in any account,
portfolio or fund advised or sub-advised by Winslow. Any exception to this restriction must be
approved in advance by Winslow’s Chief Compliance Officer. Subject to satisfying the Code and
applicable laws, officers, directors and employees of Winslow’s affiliates may trade for their own
accounts in securities that are recommended to and/or purchased for Winslow’s clients.
Employees may be offered or receive business gifts, meals, and entertainment from parties with
whom Winslow conducts business. Receipt of business gifts, meals, and entertainment from
clients, consultants or broker-dealers may inappropriately influence investment or trading
decisions. Similarly, the giving of business gifts, meals, and entertainment could inappropriately
influence a prospect, client, consultant or broker-dealer in an effort to gain an unfair advantage in
acquiring or retaining clients. Employees are subject to certain limitations and reporting obligations
regarding the receipt/giving of business gifts, meals, and other benefits in the form of entertainment
from parties with whom Winslow conducts business. For a discussion of conflicts related to gifts
and entertainment, please refer to Item 14, Client Referrals and Other Compensation.
Similarly, employees and their Household Members may from time to time make political
contributions. The inappropriate influencing of a prospect or client to gain an unfair advantage in
acquiring or retaining clients creates a conflict of interest. Winslow has established procedures
seeking to comply, at a minimum, with federal law. In addition, all applicable contributions require
preclearance and employees are required to certify on a quarterly basis that they have reported all
applicable monetary or in-kind political contributions.
Clients or prospective clients may obtain a copy of the Code of Ethics, including Winslow’s
supplement, by contacting Winslow at the contact information found on page 1.
Conflicts of Interest between Investment Strategies
Winslow provides investment advice on multiple Investment Strategies, See Item 8, Methods of
Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss. Each of Winslow’s Investment Strategies has a
different set of guidelines and investment objectives. Investment decisions for separate Investment
Strategies can differ for the same security, and at times a client account managed using one
strategy is selling a particular security on the same day that a client account managed using a
different strategy is purchasing the same security. It is Winslow’s policy that it will not knowingly
effect cross transactions on behalf of client accounts.
While Winslow endeavors to aggregate multiple contemporaneous client purchase or sell orders
into a block order across various Investment Strategies, see Item 12, Brokerage Practices, the
inherent differences among Winslow’s Investment Strategies can cause timing and pricing
differences for purchase or sell orders in the same security across client accounts in different
Investment Strategies.
Winslow’s Growth Capital strategy invests primarily in private companies. Some of these
companies eventually go public by listing their shares on a stock exchange in an IPO or by a
combination with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) and the private shares that
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Winslow bought for its clients cannot be sold for a period of time after the company becomes a
public company (the “Restricted Shares”). In the unlikely event that a Growth Capital portfolio is a
selling shareholder in the transaction to become a public company, Winslow will restrict all client
accounts from buying securities in said transaction. Occasionally, Winslow will buy shares in an
IPO or SPAC combination for eligible client accounts while holding Restricted Shares in a Growth
Capital portfolio. When a Growth Capital portfolio holds private shares of a company at the time of
the company’s IPO or SPAC combination, Winslow will limit the amount that other client accounts
can purchase in the IPO or SPAC combination transaction. When clients hold Restricted Shares
after the transaction to become a public company, Winslow will limit the amount that can be
purchased on behalf of other client accounts during the restricted period and will place limitations
on the amount and timing of purchases on behalf of other client accounts after the restricted period.
Affiliated Funds/Affiliate Seed Capital Accounts
Employees of Winslow and their affiliates are allowed to invest in a fund for which Winslow, or its
affiliates, provides advisory or other services for compensation. Such investments may from time
to time represent all of or a significant percentage of the affiliated fund’s assets. Winslow or its
affiliated entities may also establish seed capital separate accounts. To the extent that Winslow or
its employees’ investment in an affiliated fund exceeds 25% of the affiliated fund’s assets or in the
case of an affiliate seed capital separate account, Winslow addresses the potential conflicts of
interest through enhanced compliance monitoring to seek to ensure that such affiliated funds or
proprietary accounts are managed in a manner consistent with Winslow’s fiduciary duty to its other
clients. It is the general policy that affiliated funds or proprietary accounts should receive neither
special advantages nor disadvantages. Please also see Winslow’s response to Item 10, Other
Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations.
Related persons of Winslow are allowed to engage in private transactions subject to compliance
with all applicable law and Winslow’s Code of Ethics.
Winslow, its employees and its affiliates can give advice and take action in the performance of their
duties that may differ from advice given, or the timing or nature of actions taken, for other client
accounts or for their proprietary or personal accounts. Subject to the restrictions described above,
Winslow and its employees may at any time hold, acquire, increase, decrease, dispose of or
otherwise deal with positions in investments in which a client account may have an interest from
time to time. Winslow has no obligation to acquire for a client account a position in any investment
which it, acting on behalf of another client, itself or an employee, may acquire, and the client
accounts shall not have first refusal, co-investment or other rights in respect of any such
investment.
Material Nonpublic Information
From time to time, Winslow personnel may come into possession of material, non-public
information (“MNPI”). MNPI is information that, if disclosed, might affect an investor’s decision to
buy, sell or hold a security. Winslow employees are prohibited from improperly disclosing or using
such information for their benefit or for the benefit of any other person. When Winslow is in
possession of MNPI about an issuer, it is prohibited from communicating such information to, or
using such information for the benefit of its clients or on behalf of its clients, which could prevent
Winslow from buying or selling certain securities.
Capital Structure
Conflicts will also arise in cases where different clients or clients of Winslow affiliates invest in
different parts of an issuer’s capital structure, including circumstances in which one or more clients
or Private Funds may own private securities or obligations of an issuer and other clients may own
public securities of the same issuer. In addition, different clients or Private Funds may invest in
securities of an issuer that have different voting rights, dividend or repayment priorities or other
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features that may be in conflict with one another. In negotiating the terms and conditions of any
such investments, or any subsequent amendments or waivers, Winslow or its affiliates may find
that their own interests, the interests of clients or Private Funds could conflict. In a distressed
situation for example, a debt holder may be better served by a liquidation of the issuer in which it
may be paid in full, whereas an equity holder might prefer a reorganization that holds the potential
to create value for the equity holders. Any of the foregoing conflicts of interest will be discussed
and resolved on a case-by-case basis. Any such discussions will take into consideration the
interests of the relevant clients and Private Funds, the circumstances giving rise to the conflict and
applicable laws.
Service Provider and Relationship Conflicts
Winslow and Winslow affiliates (including Nuveen and TIAA) may employ a variety of service
providers for administrative, technological, operational and other functions that support Winslow’s
business activities, including back and middle office administrative functions, such as trade
settlement, portfolio accounting, custody reconciliation, corporate actions processing and elections,
and pricing, trade order generation and routing, and account asset and cash reconciliation.
Outsourcing may give rise to additional conflicts of interest in determining which processes or
functions to outsource and which service providers to select. Winslow and Winslow affiliates
(including Nuveen and TIAA) have an incentive to utilize service providers that minimize costs and
expenses or service providers that have other business, financial or other relationships with
Winslow, its parent or affiliates. Certain service providers or their affiliates may also be clients or
may be involved in the sale and distribution of the services and offerings of Winslow and Winslow
affiliates (including Nuveen and TIAA). From time to time, Winslow may purchase the securities of
service providers, clients and business partners in client accounts. Investments in such securities
will be based on the investment merits and subject to applicable laws, regulations and client
guidelines.
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ITEM 12. BROKERAGE PRACTICES
Selection of Broker Dealers
In selecting broker-dealers, Winslow seeks to obtain the best price and execution quality for its
clients’ transactions. Consequently, Winslow selects broker-dealers primarily on the basis of their
execution capability and trading expertise. Winslow also takes into account such factors as current
market conditions, size and timing of the order, depth of the market, per share price, difficulty of
execution and financial responsibility. While Winslow will generally seek reasonably competitive
commission rates in connection with a brokerage transaction on behalf of its clients, clients will not
necessarily pay the lowest commission.
Transactions executed for clients may be executed either on an agency or principal basis. Agency
trades are executed through a broker’s trading desk or using a broker’s electronic algorithms.
Principal trades are executed when a broker agrees to purchase or sell a specific quantity of shares
at a negotiated price. In a principal trade, market impact and volatility risks are effectively
transferred from Winslow to the executing broker. Winslow will generally effect transactions with
broker-dealers on an agency basis. However, when a principal execution would result in better
execution, Winslow will seek broker-dealers to effect the transaction on a principal basis.
Winslow’s Trade Management Oversight Committee (“TMOC”) is responsible for the oversight of
the brokerage selection process and the ongoing supervision of Winslow’s trading activity. On a
quarterly basis, the TMOC reviews broker-dealers and the efforts to seek best execution in light of
current market circumstances and published statistical studies and other available information. The
TMOC sets forth the percentage of total brokerage commissions Winslow will allocate to particular
broker-dealers and third-party research providers (the commission budget). This determination will
be based on the certain daily, monthly and quarterly reviews of broker-dealers and the research
and services provided by the broker-dealers. At the quarterly meetings, the TMOC will compare
the brokerage allocations to date against the budget and make adjustments as necessary.
Winslow does not consider marketing and distribution arrangements with broker-dealers that
distribute Winslow sub-advised funds when trading with such broker-dealers for client accounts.
Winslow, on behalf of clients, may utilize so-called “dark pools” and other private trading venues to
execute trades of securities. In a dark pool, buyers and sellers do not reveal their identities and often
reveal very little, if anything, about their order sizes, as opposed to a traditional exchange, where
orders are transparent. There are a number of different types of non-displayed liquidity providers,
including electronic communications networks (“ECNs”), broker-sponsored dark pools, crossing
networks and broker-led consortium dark pools. Dark pools and other anonymous venues may
provide price improvement and the ability to protect trade orders from others in the market that would
take advantage of information revealed during a trade. Dark pools and other private trading venues
generally look to traditional exchanges to get their pricing information. However, if more and more
trades are conducted through dark pools and other private trading venues, the prices used in dark
pool trades might not be as reliable and current as they should be. Moreover, the use of dark pools
means that firms cannot take advantage of changes in prices because the market cannot react
immediately to transactions occurring in dark pools. Furthermore, different entities in a dark pool
cannot see each other and therefore do not have a sense of what each other's strategies and motives
are. In addition, the prices charged by dark pools may be higher than those charged by traditional
exchanges. The prices charged by dark pools and independently operated crossing networks also
may cover execution only and not investment research and other services and may also be used to
fund contributions to commission-sharing arrangements.
Please also see Winslow’s response to Item 10, Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations.
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Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits
Although Winslow selects broker-dealers primarily on the basis of their execution capabilities, at times
the direction of transactions to broker-dealers is also based on the quality and amount of the research
and research-related services that they provide to Winslow and indirectly to its clients. Subject to the
criteria of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and regulatory
guidance from the SEC, Winslow pays certain brokers a brokerage commission higher than the
commission another broker at times will charge for effecting the same transaction in recognition of
the value of the brokerage and research services provided by the broker. In other words, Winslow
uses client commissions or “soft dollars” to obtain research or brokerage services that benefit
Winslow and its client accounts.
Clients should be aware of the conflicts of interest created by the use and allocations of soft dollar
arrangements. Winslow receives a benefit by using soft dollars, because it does not have to produce
or pay for the research or services itself. As a practical matter, in some cases Winslow could not,
on its own, generate all of the research that broker-dealers provide without materially increasing
expenses. This benefit may create an incentive to select a broker or dealer to execute client trades
based on Winslow’s receiving the research or services, rather than on clients’ interest in receiving
most favorable execution. In addition, soft dollar benefits have the potential to cause an investment
adviser to trade frequently to generate soft dollar commissions to pay for these products or services,
which may not be in the best interests of clients. Winslow’s investment strategy and trading
procedures mitigate these potential conflicts. Winslow has adopted policies and procedures
concerning soft dollars that address all aspects of its use of client commissions and require that
such use be consistent with Section 28(e), provide lawful and appropriate assistance in the
investment decision-making process, and that the value of the research or brokerage service
obtained be reasonable in relation to the commissions paid.
Winslow’s soft dollar policy is based on the principle that brokerage is the property of the client.
With this in mind, Winslow seeks to obtain best execution, minimize transaction costs, and use
brokerage to benefit clients when effecting transactions. Winslow believes that it is able to negotiate
costs on client transactions that are competitive and consistent with its execution policy. Winslow
uses client commissions to pay for (i) research prepared by broker-dealers who execute client
transactions (“proprietary research”), (ii) research prepared by third parties but for which executing
broker-dealers are obligated to pay (“third-party research”), (iii) Client Commission Agreements
(CCA)/Commission Sharing Agreements (CSA), in which Winslow pays the executing broker for
trade execution and research, and directs that broker to allocate a portion of the commission
directly to an independent research provider, and (iv) certain other research or brokerage services.
From time to time, client commissions originally designated to pay for proprietary research will be
used to pay for third-party research, and vice versa. These services are of the type described in
Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are designed to augment Winslow’s own
internal research and investment strategy capabilities. Winslow’s soft dollar policy considers
appropriate only those broker-provided products or services that assist Winslow in its investment
decision-making process and not in the management of the firm. Winslow regularly determines that
a given service provides lawful and appropriate assistance to the investment decision-making
process and that the cost of the service bears a reasonable relationship to the value of the research
or service being provided.
Such research or services include a wide variety of written reports on individual companies and
industries of particular interest to Winslow for the benefit of clients, market data, news, independent
investment research generally and involving particular industries, general economic conditions,
pertinent federal and state legislative developments and changes in accounting practices; direct
access by telephone to, or meetings with, leading research analysts, corporate management
personnel, industry experts, leading economists and government officials; forensic accounting
tools; pricing services; comparative performance evaluation and technical measurement services;
availability of economic advice; quotation services; data for portfolio analysis and trading; and
services from independent experts on investment matters of particular interest to Winslow. In
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addition, the foregoing services sometimes comprise the use of or be delivered by computer
systems whose software components (including trading and related software) may be provided to
Winslow as part of the services. When the foregoing systems contain features or elements that do
not constitute soft-dollar eligible research or services or can be used for both research and non-
research purposes, Winslow makes an appropriate allocation of those uses and Winslow itself will
pay for that portion of the system that is not soft dollar eligible. A listing of the third-party research
products and services currently used by Winslow in its investment decision-making process and
additional client specific information, including an annual summary of total commissions generated
by the client account and an itemization of soft dollar commissions and client directed commissions,
is available upon request by contacting Winslow at the contact information shown on page 1.
Winslow uses the research products and services obtained with soft dollars to benefit all of the
accounts for a particular strategy. However, not all Winslow clients permit the use of soft dollars,
and therefore those client accounts that generate soft dollar benefits will pay for the research that
Winslow uses for all of its clients.
From time to time, Winslow obtains market data or research with soft dollars for a particular
strategy. This data and research also covers issuers that are expected to fall within another strategy
in the future. As a result, clients’ commission dollars in one strategy will pay for the research that
benefits a new strategy that did not pay for that data and research.
Winslow does not enter into agreements with any broker-dealers that obligate Winslow to direct a
certain amount of brokerage or commission in return for services. Nor does Winslow “backstop” or
otherwise guarantee any broker’s financial obligation to a third party for such research and services.
However, certain broker-dealers may state in advance the amount of brokerage commissions they
require for certain services and the applicable cash equivalent.
Winslow’s TMOC reviews the soft dollar research and services on a periodic basis.
Directed Brokerage
A client may request or instruct Winslow to direct a portion of the securities transactions for its
discretionary account to a specified broker-dealer, subject to certain limitations. Winslow will treat the
client’s direction as a decision by the client to retain, to the extent of the direction, the discretion
that Winslow would otherwise have in selecting broker-dealers to effect transactions and in
negotiating transaction costs generally for the client’s account. Although Winslow will attempt to
effect such transactions in a manner consistent with its policy of seeking best execution and price
on each transaction, there may be occasions where it is unable to do so. Clients should be aware
of the potential risks associated with directed brokerage. These include:
the direction sometimes results in higher commissions, greater spreads or less favorable
net prices than would be the case if Winslow selected the brokers;
the direction sometimes results in trades for the client’s account not being aggregated with
similar trades for other client accounts and thus not be eligible for the benefits that accrue
to such aggregation of orders;
there is a possibility of increased credit and/or settlement risk to the extent the brokers the
client has selected are not otherwise on Winslow’s approved list;
that as a result of not being aggregated, client transactions will generally be executed after
client accounts whose trades are aggregated and may receive less favorable prices; and
that because of the direction the client’s account may not generate returns equal to those
of other client accounts that do not direct brokerage.
Winslow will permit clients to direct brokerage with respect to agency traded shares.
In the event that a client directs Winslow to direct a stated percentage of brokerage for a client’s
account to a specified broker-dealer, Winslow will use its discretion in selecting the transactions it
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selects to implement the client’s direction. Under certain circumstances, Winslow may not always
be able to meet the client’s directed brokerage targets. Further, in selecting transactions to
implement the client’s targeted direction, Winslow will generally not direct brokerage with respect
to securities that are difficult to trade or that lack liquidity. In the case of a large aggregated order
for all accounts, Winslow prefers not to separate an account out for client direction to a different
broker-dealer if Winslow is concerned about a rapid price movement.
Certain institutional clients may direct Winslow to place a portion of their brokerage with minority-
owned and/or local brokers, or brokers who provide the client with certain services, such as
performance monitoring or commission recapture. Winslow does not use brokerage from another
client account to pay for a product or service purchased under these client-directed brokerage
arrangements.
Clients are responsible for negotiating the terms and conditions of directed brokerage arrangements
and for monitoring such arrangements to ensure that they are in the client’s continuing best interest.
Aggregated Trade Orders
Winslow will frequently aggregate multiple contemporaneous client purchase or sell orders into a
block order for execution. Prior to placing such an aggregated order, Winslow prepares a written
statement regarding the allocation of the order among various accounts, and the executed order is
then allocated according to the written statement. If the aggregated order is not filled in its entirety,
the partially filled order is allocated pro rata based on the written statement. If, subsequent to the
placing of the order, the allocation must be changed for certain reasons (e.g., a client withdraws
cash from an account scheduled to participate in the order), such change in allocation will be
recorded in writing and approved by Winslow's Chief Compliance Officer. By aggregating orders of
separate clients, Winslow can ordinarily negotiate commissions that are lower than commissions
would be if orders were not aggregated. Clients' accounts for which orders are aggregated
generally receive the average share price of such transaction, which could be higher or lower than
the actual price that would otherwise be paid by such client absent the aggregation of orders. Any
transaction costs incurred in the aggregated transaction will be shared pro rata based on each
client's participation in the transaction.
Non-Aggregated Trade Orders
Winslow may determine that an order will not be aggregated for execution by one broker-dealer.
Typical reasons for not aggregating orders include directed brokerage requests that require a
broker outside of the usual recapture broker network, orders involving multiple strategies, orders
involving wrap accounts and model portfolio accounts, and program trades.
Winslow endeavors to treat clients fairly and equitably over time with respect to trade sequencing
and allocation. As a general matter, non-aggregated orders are typically communicated first to the
broker-dealer chosen by Winslow to execute an aggregated order that includes those clients where
Winslow has full trading discretion or can satisfy directed brokerage requests. Such orders are
aggregated for execution as described above. In the rare situation where Winslow cannot satisfy a
directed brokerage request using the executing broker chosen for the aggregated trade, such client
directed order will typically be executed after Winslow has communicated the aggregated order to
the executing broker-dealer.
Once the aggregated (including directed brokerage if applicable) order is communicated to the
executing broker-dealer, Winslow communicates the order for its SMA Account clients to Nuveen
Services which in turn communicates the order to the various broker-dealer sponsors for execution.
To the extent that a broker-dealer sponsor receives the order before another sponsor and
commences trading before another sponsor, the accounts of such other sponsor may be subject to
price movements, particularly if they are trading after large block trades, involve thinly-traded or
illiquid securities or occur in volatile markets. This may result in certain SMA Accounts obtaining a
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different execution price (which may be more or less favorable) than those account trades that are
executed first. Nuveen Services rotates the order in which it communicates trades to the various
broker-dealer sponsors in an effort to ensure that all SMA Account clients are treated fairly and
equitably over time and that no such clients are systematically disadvantaged. The rotation protocol
is not designed for trade executions relating to investing of new accounts or client-directed
contributions or withdrawals of assets, and other methods (e.g., random) may be employed and
exceptions to the rotational protocol made (with appropriate documentation and approval) in certain
circumstances. Winslow monitors the execution prices of the broker-dealer sponsors to ensure no
clients are systematically disadvantaged.
With respect to the model portfolio programs, pursuant to instructions from the program sponsor,
Winslow communicates the model portfolio recommendations to Nuveen Services, which in turn
communicates the order to the various program sponsors or overlay managers. For some model
portfolio programs, Winslow communicates trades directly to the sponsor by updating the sponsor’s
dedicated web portal by a scheduled time each day. These sponsors or overlay managers generally
retain investment and brokerage discretion with respect to the model portfolio recommendations
provided to them. To the extent that a sponsor or overlay manager receives and/or commences
trading with respect to the model portfolio recommendations before another sponsor or overlay
manager, the accounts of such other sponsor or overlay manager may be subject to price
movements, particularly if they are trading after large block trades, involve thinly-traded or illiquid
securities or occur in volatile markets. This may result in model portfolio recipients obtaining a
different execution price (which may be more or less favorable) than those account trades that were
executed first.
Given Winslow’s trading practices, it is possible that its aggregated order will be competing in the
market with the orders of SMA Accounts and that such competition will negatively affect the market
price of the desired transaction, particularly with large orders or where the securities are thinly
traded. Winslow attempts to address this market impact issue either by placing the order as a “limit
order”, which is an order to buy or sell a security at a specific price or better, or by cancelling the
order for all accounts if it believes the market impact is too significant.
Orders that are submitted to the trading desk pursuant to program trades (i.e., single orders
involving multiple securities generally employed for rebalancing) will generally be processed
separately from other orders, and will not be included in aggregated orders.
Deal Allocation
Winslow may invest client assets in IPOs, secondary offerings, direct listings, and PIPEs (collectively
“Deals”). Winslow has developed Deal Allocation policies and procedures (“Deal Allocation Policy”)
designed to provide fair and equitable allocation over time among its clients that are eligible to
participate in Deals. In determining whether a client account is eligible to participate in a Deal,
Winslow will consider all of the relevant factors and circumstances, including portfolio objective,
investment strategy, applicable account guidelines and restrictions, and the risk profile of the client.
As a result, client accounts will be excluded from Deals from time to time.
Winslow’s Deal Allocation Policy provides that Deals will be allocated on a pro rata basis to all
appropriate and eligible accounts, including Private Funds, unless specifically disclosed in the
applicable offering documents. SMA Accounts do not participate in Deals.
The availability of Deals is typically limited. The allocation of Deal securities by the underwriter to
investment advisers, such as Winslow, generally depends on factors such as the investment
adviser’s past business with the underwriter, potential business volume and other similar factors.
While Winslow’s ability to receive Deal allocations may be gained partially through the investment
activity of all client accounts, certain client accounts will not receive Deal securities. Winslow cannot
guarantee continued access to Deals or any ability to profit from such securities in the future.
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Because Deals can involve small or mid-sized companies (measured by anticipated market
capitalization), and because such investments are subject to a significant amount of risk, Winslow
believes that Deal securities are not suitable investments for all client accounts. Winslow generally
participates in Deals for its clients when the issue’s anticipated market capitalization is consistent
with, and permitted by, the investment style, objectives, and risk tolerance of the client.
Trade Errors
In the event of a trading error, for example an incorrect security is purchased or sold for a client’s
portfolio, Winslow will first seek to cancel the trade with the broker-dealer. If the trade cannot be
cancelled or has otherwise settled, Winslow will take reasonable steps to put the client in the same
position it would have been in had the error not occurred. If correcting the trade results in a net loss
to the client’s account, Winslow will reimburse the client account and may seek recourse against
third parties it deems responsible for the error (for example, the broker). The client account will
keep any net gain from the correction of the error. If the trade error is caught prior to settlement
and the circumstances of the trading error warrant the use of an error account, the trading error will
be resolved by moving the trade to the error account. For trade errors within institutional separate
accounts, this decision will be made by the Portfolio Managers and the Chief Compliance Officer.
Any loss in the error account will be the responsibility of Winslow. It is Winslow’s policy to donate
gains to an unaffiliated charity and to not take a tax write-off for the donation. However, error
accounts will not be used when correcting trade errors within sub-advised mutual funds. In no event
shall soft dollars or client accounts be used to correct any trading errors.
For errors in SMA Accounts, Winslow error correction procedures may be subject to the relevant
program guidelines or directions of the program sponsor. For trade errors that occur in SMA
Accounts, Winslow does not have the ability to control the ultimate resolution of the trade error. In
these instances, the trade error and resolution thereof will be governed by the program sponsor’s
policies and procedures. Certain program sponsors may establish trade error accounts for their
programs whereby gains for certain errors in client accounts managed by Winslow may be offset by
losses in other client accounts managed by Winslow in the same program(s) over varying time
periods.
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ITEM 13. REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
Account Review
For institutional separate accounts (including Private Funds), Winslow’s portfolio managers review
information concerning the accounts on a daily basis. Such information includes trading activity,
security positions and weightings, cash flow and investment restrictions. For SMA Accounts, Winslow
or its administrative agent review accounts on a regular basis for conformity with the applicable model.
The composition and number of reviewers depends in part on the type of account, amount of assets,
and nature of investment goals and objectives of client.
Client Account Reporting
Institutional Separate Accounts
Clients, their consultants or their custodian banks are regularly furnished with written (i) portfolio
appraisal reports, (ii) transaction reports, (iii) performance reports, and, in some instances, (iv)
trade confirmations. All reports, other than trade confirmations, are sent to clients on a monthly,
quarterly or semi-annual basis, based upon the client's requests.
Portfolio appraisal reports typically contain the number of shares of each security in a client’s account,
each security’s industry classification, cost price and cost value, market price and market value, the
respective percentage of the portfolio, estimated annual income, if any, current yield, and total market
value.
Transaction reports show the activity in any one account and include the security, the number of
shares of each security purchased, sold or otherwise acquired or disposed of and proceeds or
disbursements.
Performance reports contain information as to the market value of the total portfolio, contributions
and withdrawals, rate of return and comparisons to various published indices. These reports reflect
this information by month, by quarter and by year and rate of return since the inception of the account.
Trade confirmations contain the name of the executing broker-dealer, the account name, the name
of the security, as well as transaction charges such as commissions, taxes, SEC fees, and the market
where the order was executed as well as trade and settlement dates. Confirmations are sent by the
executing broker-dealer or, in some cases, through an automated system to a client or its custodian
bank after each execution of a transaction in the account.
Winslow’s reports reflect valuations of account assets determined in accordance with Winslow’s
valuation procedures, which generally rely on third party pricing services, but may use other
valuation methodologies in certain circumstances. Winslow’s valuations may differ from valuations
reflected in a client’s custodial statements. Further, certain securities or investments may be valued
differently based on factors such as the type of account, operational systems, and/or client
instructions. The reports listed above are not intended to replace a client’s custodial account
statements as records for official or tax reporting purposes. Clients are encouraged to request and
review quarterly account statements (including asset amounts and transactions during the period)
sent directly from their custodian (e.g., broker-dealer, bank or trust company).
In addition, at the client's request, Winslow will provide a monthly commission statement that sets
forth the commissions paid by the account on all transactions since the beginning of the calendar
year in terms of total dollars. This statement also reflects the names of the executing broker-dealers
and whether such broker-dealers were selected by Winslow or at the direction of the client. Special
reports, which are tailored to meet specific client requirements, may also be provided to clients upon
request.
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Winslow encourages frequent review with clients, particularly early in the relationship. Generally,
formal performance reviews may be held semi-annually or more frequently. Frequent communication
is required where, for example, client circumstances change or when discussion of shifts in Winslow's
investment posture is appropriate.
Wrap Account and Model Portfolio Programs
Winslow provides written portfolio reports containing such information as has been agreed with the
client or specified under the wrap or model portfolio program. Such reports are not intended to
replace a client’s custodial account statements as records for official or tax reporting purposes.
Winslow may also distribute economic commentaries and other materials periodically. Special
reports may be prepared to meet specific client requirements. Winslow may provide reports to
sponsors, financial intermediaries and certain institutional clients that are not regularly sent to SMA
Account and model portfolio program clients regarding performance, portfolio holdings and other
portfolio information. Wrap and model portfolio program clients may also receive reports of portfolio
holdings and performance from the program sponsor.
Alternative Investments Reporting
Winslow and/or the General Partner are subject to any reporting requirements pursuant to the
relevant governing documents and described in the private placement memoranda or the
investment management agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Private Fund investors are not
advisory clients of Winslow.
Please refer to Item 4, Advisory Business.
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ITEM 14. CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
Other Compensation
In the ordinary course of business, Winslow or a related person provides corporate gifts, meals and
entertainment such as tickets to cultural and sporting events to personnel of firms that do business
with Winslow or its affiliates. Such gifts, meals and entertainment generate a conflict of interest to
the extent that they create an incentive for the recipient or beneficiary to use, recommend, offer or
include products or services of Winslow in a particular program, include Winslow in a preferred list
of advisers, or refer clients to Winslow. In the ordinary course of business Winslow employees also
are the recipients of corporate gifts, meals and entertainment. Winslow’s receipt of gifts, meals and
entertainment generates a conflict of interest to the extent that they create an incentive for the
recipient or beneficiary to use the services of the provider (e.g., in the case of a broker-dealer,
brokerage services) of the gifts, meals and entertainment. The giving and receipt of gifts and other
benefits are subject to limitations under internal policies and procedures.
As discussed in Item 12, Brokerage Practices, Winslow receives certain soft dollar benefits in
connection with its use of client commissions.
Referral Arrangements
Investment advisers may retain and compensate third parties to refer potential advisory clients to
them. These third parties are typically referred to as “solicitors” or “promoters” (collectively
“Solicitor”). In connection with such activity, a written disclosure statement is required to be
provided to the prospective client describing the Solicitor’s arrangement with Winslow, the
compensation it will receive if the prospective client hires Winslow, and a brief statement of any
material conflicts of interest on the part of the Solicitor resulting from its relationship with Winslow
and/or compensation arrangement.
Historically, Winslow has paid a Solicitor a portion of the advisory fee the client paid to Winslow.
Distribution Arrangements
Winslow (or an affiliate on its behalf) makes payments to firms or persons that use, offer or include
products or services of Winslow in a particular program, include Winslow in a preferred list of
advisers, or refer separate account clients to Winslow. These payments may take the form of
conference, program or event attendance; participation or exhibition sponsorship fees; educational
and training fees; license, data access, operational or administrative fees; or fees linked to program
participation or specific marketing initiatives within an existing separate account program. The
amounts of such payments, which are generally made on an enterprise-wide basis, can be
significant for certain SMA Account program sponsors or financial intermediary firm recipients (e.g.,
up to or in excess of $1 million annually). Winslow (or an affiliate on Winslow’s behalf) sometimes
pays travel, meal and entertainment expenses for a firm’s representatives and others who visit
Winslow’s offices or other locations (including hotels and conference centers) to learn about its
products and services. Winslow at times will make charitable contributions or underwrite or sponsor
charitable events at the request of others. Payments described above may vary significantly from
firm to firm depending on the nature of Winslow’s and its affiliated investment advisers’ activities
with the firm and the amount of the firm’s wrap and model portfolio program client assets under
Winslow’s and its affiliated investment advisers’ management. Payments are subject to internal
review and approval procedures. Managed accounts program clients are encouraged to request
and review materials from program sponsors (such as a sponsor’s wrap program brochure)
describing business and financial terms and arrangements between program sponsors and
investment advisers.
Winslow and/or its affiliates provide free general educational services to financial advisors of
program sponsors and other financial intermediaries who typically offer or use Nuveen products or
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services. Winslow and/or its affiliates make available various financial and educational tools,
reports, materials and presentations on current industry topics relevant to the financial advisor.
Financial tools and illustrations may use actual data provided by a financial advisor. Materials and
services provided by Winslow and/or its affiliates are not intended to constitute financial planning,
tax, legal, or investment advice and are for educational purposes only. The provision of such
services and materials generates a conflict to the extent that such provision creates an incentive
for the recipient or beneficiary to use, recommend, offer or include products or services of Winslow
in a particular program, include Winslow in a preferred list of advisers, or refer clients to Winslow.
Winslow or an affiliate makes payments to firms or individuals that use, offer or sell shares of the
funds advised by Winslow, or place the funds on a recommended list. Such fund-related payments
create a conflict to the extent that they create an incentive for the recipient or beneficiary of the
payment to use, offer or sell shares of the funds advised by Winslow, or place the funds on a
recommended list. Fund investors should review a fund’s prospectus (or statement of additional
information) for important information about such fund-related payments.
See also Item 10, Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations.
Placement Agent Arrangements
Winslow has a non-exclusive placement agent agreement in place with an affiliated broker dealer,
Nuveen Securities, to solicit, offer, and sell interests in certain Private Funds. Nuveen Securities
does not receive compensation under the terms of the agreement. Nuveen Securities has the
authority to appoint sub-placement agents and will compensate said sub-placement agents
independent of Winslow or the Private Funds.
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ITEM 15. CUSTODY
Equity Investments
Clients should receive quarterly or monthly account statements from the broker-dealer, bank or
other financial services firm that serves as their qualified custodian, and clients should carefully
review those statements. Clients who do not receive such account statements are encouraged to
follow-up directly with their custodian and request such statements.
Winslow’s appraisals and reports may vary from custodial statements based on accounting
procedures, reporting dates, or valuation methodologies of certain securities. They are not intended
to be a substitute for account statements provided by a qualified custodian, and should not be used
for official purposes. Clients who receive additional reports from Winslow are urged to compare
these reports to the account statements they receive from the qualified custodian. Please contact
the individual on page 1 of this brochure if there is a question about a client statement.
In the event of an inadvertent receipt of a check or other financial instrument payable to a client,
Winslow reserves the right to send the check or instrument to the client or its custodian rather than
back to the original sender when it believes that such procedure provides the best overall protection
for the underlying assets.
Individual clients who seek to direct transfers or payments from their separate account to third
parties (e.g., to pay bills or transfer funds) should directly contact and instruct the account’s
custodian and/or primary financial advisor. It is generally outside the scope of Winslow’s authority
and services to process or intermediate such instructions.
Clients typically select custodians and negotiate and enter into custody agreements with custodians
without Winslow’s involvement. Winslow does not seek to hold client assets or have broad authority
to withdraw client assets upon instruction to custodians, and Winslow disclaims authority attributed
to Winslow in custody agreements between clients and custodians to withdraw client assets upon
instruction to the custodian. Winslow’s authority as it relates to custody is generally limited in the
ordinary course to customary trading and settlement of securities and investment transactions in
the client’s account (typically on a “delivery vs payment” basis for securities transactions) as well
as deductions for Winslow’s advisory fee deductions in certain cases, as applicable.
Clients, and not Winslow, are responsible for the selection of the Designated Cash Sweep Vehicle
into which cash and free credit balances in a client account are moved pending investment by
Winslow. Notwithstanding any requirements of the qualified custodian, any financial advisor or
other financial intermediary for Winslow to confirm, acknowledge or otherwise select the
Designated Cash Sweep Vehicle, Winslow does not exercise any investment discretion with
respect to the selection of the Designated Cash Sweep Vehicle. In confirming, acknowledging or
selecting the Designated Cash Sweep Vehicle in accordance with any such requirements of the
qualified custodian, financial advisor or other financial intermediary, Winslow is doing so at the
direction of and on behalf of the client and unless Winslow is otherwise specifically instructed by
the client to select a specific Designated Cash Sweep Vehicle, the default Designated Cash Sweep
Vehicle shall be selected for the account. Winslow is not responsible if the Designated Cash Sweep
Vehicle is not competitive in terms of yield, fees, protection of principal balance or other features
as compared to any other Designated Cash Sweep Vehicle options. Clients should review and
discuss the Designated Cash Sweep Vehicle options, including the default option, with their
financial advisor, consultant or the qualified custodian.
Alternative Investments
Winslow is generally deemed to have custody of the Private Funds’ funds and securities because:
(1) its affiliated entities act as the General Partner or managing member of a Private Fund; and/or
(2) it has the authority to withdraw its fees or capital contributions from a Private Fund.
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Winslow causes each Private Fund to be audited annually and causes each Private Fund’s
accountant to deliver annually audited financials to each Private Fund’s investors.
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ITEM 16. INVESTMENT DISCRETION
Equity Investments
Winslow is generally granted discretionary authority to manage securities accounts on behalf of
clients. For Institutional Separate Accounts and SMA Accounts through dual contract programs,
clients grant Winslow authority in an executed investment management agreement or other
comparable services agreement prior to providing discretionary advisory services. Discretionary
authority means that Winslow, without obtaining client approval in advance, can:
1) buy and sell securities,
2) determine the amount of securities to be bought and sold,
3) determine which broker or dealer to use, and
4) negotiate commission rates.
Winslow’s discretionary authority over an account is subject to directions, guidelines and limitations
imposed by the client’s investment guidelines or policies, which are typically also contained in the
client’s investment management agreement with Winslow. Such guidelines or policies generally
describe permitted and prohibited investments, strategies and techniques and may contain
limitations or restrictions regarding the nature or amount of certain investments.
For SMA Accounts through wrap fee programs, Winslow is appointed to act as a discretionary
investment adviser through a process documented and administered by the program sponsor.
Clients participating in a program, generally with assistance from the sponsor, may select Winslow
to provide investment advisory services for their account (or a portion thereof) in a particular
strategy. Winslow provides investment advisory services based upon the particular needs of the
client as reflected in information provided to Winslow by the sponsor, and will generally make itself
available for direct consultations as reasonably requested by clients and/or sponsors. Clients are
encouraged to consult their own financial advisors and legal and tax professionals on an initial and
continuous basis in connection with selecting and engaging the services of an investment manager
in a particular strategy and participating in a wrap or other program. In the course of providing
services to program clients who have financial advisors, Winslow generally relies on information or
directions communicated by the financial advisor acting with apparent authority on behalf of its
client.
In addition to the foregoing, Winslow provides its services on a non-discretionary and model
portfolio basis.
Alternative Investments
Winslow, its affiliates, and General Partners have been appointed as the investment manager,
management company, manager or general partner of the Private Funds with discretionary trading
and investment authorization. Winslow, its affiliates, and General Partners have full discretionary
authority with respect to investment decisions, and its advice with respect to the Private Funds is
made in accordance with the investment objectives and guidelines as set forth in such Private
Funds’ respective private placement memorandum, if any, investment management agreement or
other organizational document. Winslow, its affiliates, and General Partners assume discretionary
authority to manage the Private Funds through the execution of investment management
agreements or through the organizational documents of Private Funds.
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ITEM 17. VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
Winslow votes proxies on behalf of those clients who delegate such proxy voting authority to Winslow.
Winslow has adopted as part of its proxy voting policies the proxy voting guidelines of a proxy adviser.
Pursuant to these guidelines Winslow undertakes to vote all proxies or other beneficial interest in an
equity security prudently and solely in the best long-term economic interest of its advisory clients and
their beneficiaries, considering all relevant factors and without undue influence from individuals or
groups who may have an economic interest in the outcome of a proxy vote.
The proxy adviser receives, catalogs and votes proxies, subject to the oversight of Winslow. If new
material public information becomes available after the proxy adviser recommends a vote or the proxy
adviser finds that a report contains a material error, the proxy adviser will send Winslow a proxy alert
informing Winslow of any corrections and, if necessary, any resulting changes in the vote
recommendations. In casting its vote, Winslow reviews any updated information from proxy adviser.
Winslow retains the ability to override any vote if it disagrees with the proxy adviser’s vote
recommendation, and always maintains the option to review and override recommended votes before
they are cast up until the proxy submission deadline, except in the case of a conflict of interest. When
there is an apparent conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest, e.g., where Winslow
may receive material fees from a company for advisory or other services at the same time that
Winslow has investments in the stock of that company, Winslow will follow the vote recommendation
of the proxy adviser. Winslow retains documentation of all votes where it overrides the
recommendation of the proxy adviser. Winslow also monitors any conflicts that the proxy adviser
might have in connection with its services to Winslow.
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen and TIAA, Winslow has affiliates that provide investment
advisory, broker-dealer, or other financial services. As a general matter, Winslow does not receive
information about the business practices or personnel of these affiliates or about their client or
customer relationships. To the extent a particular proxy vote involves such affiliates’ clients,
customers or personnel, any actual conflict is mitigated by Winslow’s lack of knowledge concerning
such relationships. If Winslow is made aware of any such relationship in connection with a proxy
vote, Winslow will determine whether a conflict exists and if so, will follow the vote
recommendations of the proxy adviser as set forth above.
Winslow may determine not to vote proxies of any issuer’s securities as follows:
1) Winslow may refrain from voting proxies for securities that are transferred into a client's portfolio
that Winslow did not recommend or select and are sold or expected to be sold promptly in an
orderly manner (“legacy securities”). In such circumstances, since legacy securities are expected
to be sold promptly, voting proxies on such securities may not further Winslow’s interest in
maximizing the value of client investments. Winslow may consider a client’s special request to vote
a legacy security proxy, and if agreed would vote such proxy in accordance with its policies.
2) Winslow may determine not to vote securities where the voting would require the transfer of the
security to another custodian designated by the issuer. Such transfer is generally outside the scope
of Winslow’s authority and may result in significant operational limitations on Winslow’s ability to
conduct transactions relating to the security during the period of the transfer.
3) From time-to-time situations may arise (operational or other) that may prevent Winslow from
voting proxies.
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Clients Wishing to Direct Winslow Regarding a Particular Proxy Vote
If a client that has delegated proxy voting authority to Winslow wishes to exercise that authority
itself with respect to a particular proxy vote, the client should contact the Winslow representative
identified on page 1 and make arrangements to provide such guidance in writing to Winslow before
Winslow casts its vote.
Client Retention of Authority to Vote Proxies
Clients may retain their authority to vote their own proxies for securities held in their portfolio. A
client’s decision to delegate or retain their proxy voting authority is documented in the client’s
investment management agreement. Clients retaining their proxy voting authority will receive their
proxies or other solicitation materials directly from their custodian or transfer agent. Clients may
contact Winslow with questions about a particular proxy vote or solicitation at the telephone number
listed on page 1 of this brochure.
Requesting Information
Winslow’s clients may obtain a copy of Winslow’s proxy voting policies and procedures or a record of
how Winslow voted the proxies of securities held in their accounts free of charge by contacting
Winslow at the contact information identified on page 1.
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ITEM 18. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Prepayment of Fees; Financial Condition; Bankruptcy Petitions
Winslow does not require or solicit prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees per client six months
or more in advance and, thus, has not included a balance sheet of its most recent fiscal year.
Winslow is not aware of any financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair its ability meet its
contractual commitments to clients, nor has Winslow been the subject of a bankruptcy petition.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Notice to Canadian Clients
Winslow is exempt from registration as an adviser in Ontario as it meets all of the conditions of an
“exempt international adviser”. It is required to take certain steps to rely on that exemption, one of
which is to provide its clients with notice of certain matters.
Notice is hereby given that:
1. Winslow is not registered as a “portfolio manager” in any province or territory of Canada.
2. Winslow has its head office at 4400 IDS Center, 80 South Eighth Street, Minneapolis, MN
55402.
3. The local address for service of process against Winslow in Ontario is Torys, LLP, 79
Wellington St. West, Toronto, Ontario M5K 1N2.
4. There may be difficulty enforcing legal rights against Winslow because it is resident outside
Canada and all or substantially all of its assets may be situated outside of Canada.
Any nonpublic personal information Winslow receives from Canadian clients will be stored in the
U.S. and, as a consequence, may become subject to disclosure in accordance with U.S. laws.
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Exhibit A
Primary Financial Industry Subsidiaries under Nuveen, LLC, the investment management
division of TIAA
Entity Name
AGR Partners LLC
Churchill Asset Management LLC
Churchill DLC Advisor LLC
Churchill PCIF Advisor LLC
Gresham Investment Management LLC
Nuveen Alternatives Advisors, LLC
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC
Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC
Snowhawk LP
Teachers Advisors, LLC
TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC
Winslow Capital Management, LLC
Greenworks Lending LLC
Nuveen Securities, LLC
Nuveen Services, LLC
Symphony Alternative Asset Management LLC
Nuveen Natural Capital, LLC
GreenWood Resources Capital Management LLC
Westchester Group Investment Management, Inc.
Westchester Group Real Estate, Inc.
Nuveen Australia Limited
Nuveen Canada Company
Nuveen Hong Kong Limited
Nuveen Japan Co. Ltd
Nuveen Alternatives Europe SARL
Nuveen Asset Management Europe SARL
Nuveen Middle East Limited
Nuveen Singapore Private Ltd
Arcmont Asset Management Limited
Clean Energy Partners LLP
Glennmont Asset Management Limited
Glennmont Partners I Limited
Nuveen Investment Management International Limited
Nuveen Management AIFM Limited
Primary Financial Industry or
Related Affiliation*
Registered Investment Adviser
Registered Investment Adviser
Registered Investment Adviser
Registered Investment Adviser
Registered Investment Adviser
CFTC Registered Commodity Pool Operator
CFTC Registered Commodity Trading Adviser
Registered Investment Adviser
Registered Investment Adviser
CFTC Registered Commodity Trading Adviser
Registered Investment Adviser
Registered Investment Adviser
Registered Investment Adviser
Registered Investment Adviser
Registered Investment Adviser
Relying Adviser
Registered Broker Dealer
Shared Services Entity
Relying Adviser
Forestry, Farmland, Real Estate Management
Forestry Management
Farmland Management
Real Estate Broker or Dealer
Australian ASIC Registered Entity
Canadian Exempt Market Dealer
HK SC Registered Entity
Japan FSA Registered Entity
Luxembourg CSSF Registered Entity
Luxembourg CSSF Registered Entity
ADGM FSRA Registered Entity
Singapore MAS Registered Entity
UK FCA Registered Entity
UK FCA Registered Entity
UK FCA Registered Entity
UK FCA Registered Entity
UK FCA Registered Entity
UK FCA Registered Entity
Other Primary Financial Industry Subsidiaries of TIAA
TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC
(aka Advice and Planning Services)
TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc.
Registered Investment Adviser
Registered Broker Dealer
Registered Investment Adviser
Registered Municipal Advisor
Registered Investment Adviser
TIAA Kaspick, LLC
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America Insurance Company or Agency
Insurance Company or Agency
TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company
Insurance Company or Agency
TIAA-CREF Insurance Agency, LLC
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TIAA Trust, N.A.
Banking or thrift institution
*The list above refers to TIAA subsidiaries in financial industry affiliation categories referenced in Form ADV,
Part 2A, Item 10.C, excluding numerous entities organized primarily to serve as sponsor, general partner,
managing member (or equivalent) or syndicator of one or more pooled investment vehicles or limited
partnerships (or equivalent). For a list of such entities that have material arrangements with the registrant,
please see the registrant’s Form ADV, Part 1, Section 7.A. of Schedule D. The list above refers to the primary
financial industry affiliation category and certain TIAA subsidiaries listed above may have additional financial
industry affiliations, as further described in its respective disclosure documents (Form ADV, in the case of a
registered investment adviser).
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Winslow Capital Management, LLC
Notice of Privacy Practices
Winslow Capital Management, LLC respects your right to privacy. We also know that you expect
us to conduct and process your business in an accurate and efficient manner. In the course of
doing so, we must collect and maintain certain personal information about you. In order to provide
you with individualized service, we collect certain nonpublic personal information about you from
information you provide on applications or other forms (such as your address and social security
number), and information about your account transactions with us (such as purchases, sales and
account balances). We may also collect such information through your account inquiries by mail,
email, telephone, or web site. This privacy notice should not be construed as establishing a
contractual relationship.
We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you to anyone, except as permitted
by law. So that we may continue to offer you products and services that best meet your investing
needs, and to effect transactions that you request or authorize, we may disclose the information
we collect, as described above, to companies that perform administrative or marketing services on
our behalf, such as transfer agents, or printers and mailers that assist us in the distribution of
investor materials. These companies will use this information only for the services for which we
hired them, and are not permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose.
If you decide at some point either to close your account(s) or to become an inactive customer, we
will continue to adhere to the privacy policies and practices described in this notice.
With regard to our internal security procedures, we restrict access to your personal and account
information to those employees who need to know that information to service your account. We
maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal
information.
If you have any questions about how we protect and safeguard nonpublic personal information,
please call our Managing Director, CCO and Chief Legal Officer at (612) 376-9100.
A copy of Nuveen, LLC’s privacy notice is posted at https://www.nuveen.com/en-us/privacy.
For residents of California, please visit the following link: https://www.nuveen.com/privacy-ccpa.
For residents of the EU / UK, please visit the following link: https://www.nuveen.com/nuveen-
european-union-united-kingdom-privacy-notice.
For information on our use of data in accordance with the Data Protection Law of the Cayman
Islands, please visit the following link for more information: https://www.nuveen.com/en-
us/resources/cayman-islands-privacy-notice.
Last Updated: March 13, 2025
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