Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NMI) and affiliated Nuveen municipal closed-end funds report full-year results for the period ended October 31, 2025. NMI returned 2.74% at NAV versus 3.19% for its linked municipal benchmark. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV) returned 3.22% and Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund (NUW) returned 3.42%, both trailing the 4.14% return of the S&P Municipal Bond Index.
All three funds emphasize longer-duration and mid- to lower-rated municipal bonds, using periods of market weakness to buy higher-yielding issues. Leverage via instruments such as inverse floating rate securities contributed to relative performance in some cases but sector and duration tilts, including tobacco settlement bonds and very long maturities, weighed on results.
NMI paid total distributions of $0.4560 per common share during the year, implying a market yield of 4.54% and a taxable-equivalent yield of 7.66%. NMI also maintained a common share equity shelf program with a maximum aggregate offering of 2,000,000 shares and sold 1,218,817 shares at a 2.45% average premium to NAV, while no fund repurchased common shares under existing buyback authorizations.
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund Inc. (NMI) disclosed an initial insider ownership filing on Form 3 tied to an event on 09/10/2025. The reporting person is identified as an Officer, serving as VP and Treasurer, and the form indicates it was filed by one reporting person. In the remarks, the filer states: “No securities are beneficially owned.”
The signature is recorded as Mark L. Winget / Signed Under POA on 09/10/2025.