Company: NPFD
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: N-CSRS
Source: 0001193125-25-073013
Chunk: 245

Company: Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: N-CSRS
Chunk 245
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margin,

if

any,

is

reflected

on

the

Statement

of

Assets

and

Liabilities.

During

the

period

the

futures

contract

is

open,

changes

in

the

market

value

of

the

contract

are

recognized

as

an

unrealized

gain

or

loss

by

“marking-

to-market”

on

a

daily

basis.

The

Fund

and

the

clearing

broker

are

obligated

to

settle

monies

on

a

daily

basis

representing

the

changes

in

the

value

of

the

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

futures

contracts.

When

the

contract

is

closed

or

expired,

the

Fund

records

a

realized

gain

or

loss

equal

to

the

difference

between

the

value

of

the

contract

on

the

closing

date

and

value

of

the

contract

when

originally

entered

into.

The

net

realized

gain

or

loss

and

the

change

in

unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

on

futures

contracts

held

during

the

period

is

included

on

the

Statement

of

Operations.

Risks

of

investments

in

futures

contracts

include

the

possible

adverse

movement

in

the

price

of

the

securities

or

indices

underlying

the

contracts,

the

possibility

that

there

may

not

be

a

liquid

secondary

market

for

the

contracts

and/or

that

a

change

in

the

value

of

the

contract

may

not

correlate

with

a

change

in

the

value

of

the

underlying

securities

or

indices.

The

average

notional

amount

of

futures

contracts

outstanding

during

the