Brenda A. Langenfeld, CFA^®

Brenda Langenfeld is a portfolio manager for Nuveen’s global fixed income team and a member of the preferred securities sector team. She is the lead manager for Nuveen’s preferred and income-focused closed-end funds and portfolio manager of the Preferred Securities and Income strategy. Brenda is co-manager for the Real Asset Income strategy since 2015, which invests in income generating debt and equity securities from both the real estate and infrastructure segments. She is also co-manager of the Credit Income strategy and the Nuveen Global High Income Fund. Brenda joined the preferred securities sector team in 2011.

Prior to her portfolio management roles, Brenda was a member of the high-grade credit sector team, responsible for trading corporate bonds. Previously, she was a member of the securitized debt sector team, trading mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities.

Brenda graduated with a B.B.A. in Finance and International Business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst^® designation and is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago and the CFA Institute.