Nuveen Investments, a leading provider of diversified investment services, today announced its updated portfolio management team for two closed-end funds, the Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund (NYSE:JTA) and Nuveen Diversified Dividend & Income Fund (NYSE:JDD).

Both funds feature a multi-manager approach to their strategy, with a portion of each portfolio allocated to value equities managed by Jon Bosse, Chief Investment Officer and Co-President of NWQ Investment Management. Bosse was previously joined by David Iben in managing the NWQ portion of the portfolio until the recent reorganization of NWQ's global and international equities team into Tradewinds NWQ Global Investors, a separately branded investment platform. Iben now serves as Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Tradewinds.

For complete information on these two funds visit www.nuveen.com/cef.

Nuveen Investments provides high-quality investment services designed to help secure the long-term goals of institutions and high-net-worth investors as well as the consultants and financial advisors who serve them. Nuveen Investments markets its highly specialized investment teams, each with its own brand name and area of expertise: NWQ, specializing in value-style equities; Nuveen, managing fixed-income investments; Santa Barbara, committed to growth equities; Tradewinds, specializing in global value equities; Rittenhouse, focused on ?blue-chip? growth equities; and Symphony, with expertise in alternative investments as well as equity and income portfolios. In total, the Company manages $162 billion in assets. Nuveen Investments is listed on The New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol ?JNC.?