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Security Profile
- Security Type
- Closed-End Fund
- CUSIP
- 6706ER101
- Market Cap
- Small Cap · $480 Million
- IPO
- 10/27/2004 · $20.00/share
- Previous Symbol
- JPZ (changed 12/22/2014)
- Previous Name
- Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund
- Parent Company
- Nuveen Investments, Inc.
Nuveen Investments, Inc. (JNC)
Fund Description: Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund, formerly Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund is an exchange-traded closed-end fund (CEF) or a closed-end ETF that is officially described as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: The Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund seeks attractive total return with less volatility than the S&P 500 Index. FUND STATEGY: The Fund intends to pursue its investment objective by utilizing an integrated equity index option strategy. Under normal market circumstances, the Fund will invest its managed assets in a diversified equity portfolio that seeks to substantially replicate price movements of the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index and is designed to support the Fund's index option strategy. The Fund intends to pursue its investment objective by utilizing an index option strategy of selling index call options and buying index put options, each on the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index. The Fund's index option strategy will consist of selling index call options to generate current income from premiums and purchasing index put options to protect the Fund from a significant market decline over a short period of time. The Fund will sell index call options on a continuous basis on substantially the full value of the equity portfolio. The Fund will purchase index put options in most market environments on substantially the full value of the equity portfolio. FUND MANAGEMENT: Nuveen Asset Management serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.
Notes: Dec. 22, 2014 -- Nuveen Completes Restructuring of Covered Call Closed-End Funds. The funds have been restructured as follows: Equity Premium Opportunity Fund, JSN was combined with Equity Premium Income Fund (JPZ). The combined fund’s new name is Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund (BXMX) _______________ December 11, 2014 -- Nuveen Investments today announced that the restructuring of Nuveen’s suite of equity option closed-end fund will now be effective prior to the opening of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. The restructuring will create a series of scaled, unleveraged funds, each offering shareholders a choice of underlying equity index exposure (S&P 500, Dow 30 or Nasdaq 100) along with an option overlay strategy that seeks to provide participation in the returns of the respective indices but with less expected volatility and a measure of downside protection over time. The funds involved in the restructuring are:
Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund (JPZ);
Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund (JPG);
Nuveen Equity Premium Advantage Fund (JLA);
Dow 30 SM Premium & Dividend Income Fund Inc. (DPD);
Dow 30 SM Enhanced Premium & Income Fund Inc. (DPO);
NASDAQ Premium Income & Growth Fund Inc. (QQQX);
Nuveen Equity Premium Opportunity Fund (JSN).
Company Contact
- Headquarters
- 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606
- Phone
- 312-917-7700 · Toll-Free 800-257-8787
- Investor Relations
- Kristyna Munoz · 312-917-8343 · Kristyna.Munoz@nuveen.com