Nuveen leveraged finance

We believe our market presence, sector expertise and active approach provide an advantage for our clients

Size and scale

• Significant resources: 40+ investment professional team dedicated to leveraged finance
• Leading scale: Top-5 global fixed income manager; $1T parent organization aligned with clients

Deep sector expertise

• Cycle-tested team: 25+ year heritage and 15+ average years of industry experience across leveraged finance
• Integrated platform: One investment committee across high yield credit, broadly syndicated loans, CLOs and alternative/hedged strategies leveraging a singular research process

Disciplined research process

• Differentiated approach: Daily re-underwriting of credit risk and valuation, from both a long and short view, which permeates throughout the team's process, enhances underwriting, and leads to proactive risk management
• ESG integration: Systematic process designed to provide proprietary ESG views and ratings which can aid in generating alpha, better manage risk, and uncover investment opportunities

Active management

• Alpha generation: Downside risk mitigation and proactive management of credit risk to uncover total-return opportunities within liquid issuers
• Engagement: Market presence within leveraged finance enables the team to actively engage with issuers in order to identify risks and uncover opportunities