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): March 28, 2006

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

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

333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois                             60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 917-7700

                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers: Election of Directors;
           Appointment of Principal Officers.


         On March 29, 2006, Nuveen Investments, Inc. (the "Company") issued a
press release announcing the election of Pierre E. Leroy to its Board of
Directors. Mr. Leroy's term of office will expire at the Company's 2006 annual
meeting of stockholders. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr.
Leroy and any other persons pursuant to which he was elected as a director. The
Company has not named Mr. Leroy to any committee of the Board of Directors. The
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)  Exhibits

         99.1 Press release of Nuveen Investments, Inc. issued March 29, 2006
              (filed 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/ John L. MacCarthy
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     John L. MacCarthy
                                                     Senior Vice President and
                                                     General Counsel


Dated:  March 29, 2006






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                        Description
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99.1     Press release of Nuveen Investments, Inc. issued March 29, 2006
         (filed herewith)