Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund (JRI)
Filed: 23 Apr 12, 12:00am
Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-917-7700
www.nuveen.com
April 23, 2012
OVERNIGHT DELIVERY AND EDGAR
Kieran Brown
Senior Counsel
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund
Registration Statement on Form N-2
File Nos. 333-179180 and 811-22658
Dear Mr. Brown:
In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund (the “Fund”) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement so that it will become effective by 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on April 25, 2012 or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Fund also hereby requests that effectiveness of its Registration Statement on Form 8-A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, be accelerated to be concurrent with the effectiveness of the above-captioned Registration Statement.
| Sincerely, | ||
NUVEEN REAL ASSET INCOME AND GROWTH FUND | ||
| By: | /s/ Kevin J. McCarthy | |
| Kevin J. McCarthy | ||
| Vice President and Secretary | ||
[MORGAN STANLEY LOGO] | 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 | |
April 23, 2012 | ||
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund |
| Form N-2 Registration Statement No. 333-179180 |
| Investment Company Act File No. 811-22658 |
Dear Commissioners:
Pursuant to Rule 460 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we, on behalf of the several underwriters, wish to advise you that distribution of the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on January 26, 2012 and the Preliminary Prospectus filed March 23, 2012 , began on March 23, 2012 and is expected to conclude at approximately 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 25, 2012, with anticipated distribution results as follows: a limited number of Registration Statements have or will be sent to underwriters and approximately 60,000 copies of the Preliminary Prospectus have or will be sent to underwriters, dealers and institutions.
In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, on behalf of the underwriters of the offering of shares of common stock of the Fund, hereby joins in the request of the Fund for acceleration of the effective date of the above-named Registration Statement so that it becomes effective at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on April 25, 2012 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Very truly yours, | ||
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC | ||
On behalf of the several Underwriters | ||
By: MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Jon Zimmerman | |
Jon Zimmerman | ||
Vice President | ||