Company: NPFD
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: N-CSRS
Source: 0001193125-25-073013
Chunk: 248

Company: Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: N-CSRS
Chunk 248
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ally

cleared

swap,

a

Fund

is

obligated

to

deposit

cash

or

eligible

securities,

also

known

as

“initial

margin,”

into

an

account

at

its

clearing

broker

equal

to

a

specified

percentage

of

the

contract

amount.

Securities

deposited

for

initial

margin,

if

any,

are

identified

in

the

Portfolio

of

Investments and

cash

deposited

for

initial

margin,

if

any,

is

reflected

on

the

Statement

of

Assets

and

Liabilities.

The

Fund

and

the

clearing

broker

are

obligated

to

settle

monies

on

a

daily

basis

representing

the

changes

in

the

value

of

the

swap

contracts.

These

daily

cash

settlements

are

known

as

“variation

margin”

and

is

recognized

on

the

Statement

of

Assets

and

Liabilities

as

a

receivable

or

payable

for

variation

margin

on

interest

rate

swaps

contracts.

Changes

in

the

value

of

the

swap

contracts

during

the

fiscal

period

are

recognized

as

net

unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

of

swaps

contracts on

the

Statement

of

Operations.

The

net

amount

of

periodic

payments

settled

in

cash

are

recognized

as

net

realized

gain

(loss)

from

swap

contracts on

the

Statement

of

Operations,

in

addition

to

the

net

realized

gain

or

loss

recorded

upon

the

termination

of

the

swap

contract.

The

average

notional

amount

of

interest

rate

swap

contracts

outstanding

during

the

current

fiscal

period

was

as

follows:

The

following

table

presents

the

swap

contracts

subject

to

netting

agreements

and

the

collateral

delivered

related

to

those

swap

contracts

as

of

the

end