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Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments Inc. The fund is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Security Capital Research & Management Incorporated, Symphony Asset Management LLC, and Wellington Management Company LLP. It invests in public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in dividend-paying value stocks of companies across all market capitalizations, dividend paying common stocks issued by Real Estate Investment Trusts, emerging markets sovereign debt, and adjustable rate senior loans. The fund's fixed income portion seeks to invest in securities that are issued by governments, government-related and supra-national issuers, and corporate issuers. It benchmarks the performance of its performance against a composite benchmark comprised of 18.75% Russell 3000 Value Index, 6.25% MSCI EAFE ex-Japan Value Index, 25% Wilshire U.S. Real Estate Securities Index, and 25% JPMorgan EMBI Global Diversified Index, 25% CSFB Leveraged Loan Index, as well as against the JPMorgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index and JPMorgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets Index. Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund was formed in July 18, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.