UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 25, 2005

                            NUVEEN INVESTMENTS, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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               Delaware                                 1-11123                                            36-3817266
    (State or Other Jurisdiction of            (Commission File Number)          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
            Incorporation)

333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois                                                                        60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                                                                   (Zip Code)
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       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 917-7700

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

        The following information is being furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01
of Form 8-K: On July 25, 2005, Nuveen Investments, Inc. (the "Company") issued a
press release announcing the Company's Second Quarter 2005 earnings. The text of
the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated
herein by reference.

        The information in this Report, including the information contained in
Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this
Report, including the information contained in Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed
incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such
filing.



Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

        See Item 2.02 - "Results of Operations and Financial Condition" above.



Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

    99.1 Press release of Nuveen Investments, Inc. issued July 25, 2005
         (furnished herewith)




                                    SIGNATURE


        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                     NUVEEN INVESTMENTS, INC.


                                     By: /s/ Margaret E. Wilson
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                                         Margaret E. Wilson
                                         Senior Vice President, Finance


Dated: July 25, 2005





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                        Description
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  99.1           Press release of Nuveen Investments, Inc. issued July 25, 2005
                 (furnished herewith)