Margot Kleinman

Margot is Head of Research for municipal fixed income at Nuveen. She leads the municipal credit research team, which is among the largest and most experienced in the industry. Margot is also a Portfolio Manager for several investment grade closed-end funds.

Margot joined Nuveen in 2009 as municipal credit research analyst specializing in the education sector that includes higher education and charter schools. She is considered an expert in municipal bonds that are used to finance education infrastructure, and she is a leading voice who helps establish credit standards and disclosure practices for credits in the municipal market. Before joining the firm, Margot was a municipal credit analyst on the higher education and not for profit ratings team at Moody’s Investors Service. She started her career in 2002 in equity research at Credit Suisse.

She is a thought leader who co-authors the Munis in Your Community series that explores the connection between effective muni bond investing and the communities where Americans live and work. Margot frequently speaks at industry conferences and regularly appears in leading financial print and broadcast media such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and Bloomberg TV & Radio. Margot’s group was named the best team in the 2025 Smith's All-Star Municipal Analysts Awards.

Margot graduated with a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a M.P.A. from New York University. Margot is a member of the Chicago Municipal Analysts Society and the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, where she mentors early talent in the municipal bond industry. She is also a sponsor of the Women in Nuveen program. Margot lives in Chicago with her husband and three children.