Fixed income at Nuveen
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Fixed income for today and tomorrow
Our credit experts aim to capitalise on global market inefficiencies to unlock enhanced income potential for clients seeking greater returns.
As a global credit specialist manager, we analyse a comprehensive range of opportunities across the fixed income universe, including deeper segments of the market.
Our fixed income platform is underpinned by the breadth and diversity of our capabilities, a public and private perspective, specialised credit skills and our parent company TIAA, one of the world’s largest institutional investors1.
Investment capabilities
Impact Bonds
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Nuveen’s global fixed income ESG/impact platform embeds responsible investing standards into actively managed fixed income to help address many of the large-scale, systemic challenges the world faces today.
Emerging Markets
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Nuveen’s dedicated EMD team launched in 1997 and today, we are one of the largest managers of emerging markets debt2 and manage $10 billion in assets under management.3
Leveraged Finance
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Nuveen’s $40B leveraged finance platform is one of the industry’s largest and robust providers of high yield credit, broadly syndicated loans, CLOs and alternative credit strategies4.
Municipals
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We deliver investment leadership through a 125-year heritage of municipal bond investing, specialized credit research and capabilities spanning investment grade and high yield.
Why Nuveen for fixed income?
$443B+
AUM in fixed income5
125+ years
delivering income over the last 125 years6
Owned by TIAA
a highly-rated7 insurance company and a retirement provider
Featured insights
The new architecture of institutional credit
How investors and issuers are adapting to structural changes shaping the next era of credit.
Green, social and sustainability bonds
We believe GSS bonds can provide a range of benefits. Clients can seek to meet broader sustainability goals, such as decarbonisation.
Digesting U.S. trade policy: outlook for fixed income markets
Laura Cooper, Head of Macro Credit, explores potential investment opportunities and market outcomes amid the recent market volatility triggered by U.S. trade policy shifts.
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1Pensions & Investments, 10 Jun 2024. Rankings based on total worldwide institutional assets as of 31 Dec 2023 reported by each responding asset manager, with 411 firms responding; updated annually. TIAA is the parent company of Nuveen.
2Pensions & Investments, 10 Jun 2024. Rankings based on emerging markets debt, U.S. institutional tax exempt assets managed internally as of 31 Dec 2023 reported by each responding asset manager; updated annually.
3As of 30 Jun 2024.
4AUM as of 30 Jun 2024. Nuveen assets under management is inclusive of underlying investment specialists. Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
5AUM as of 31 Mar 2025. Nuveen assets under management is inclusive of underlying investment specialists. Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
6Nuveen traces its history to 1898 when the company began underwriting municipal bonds, and TIAA was founded in 1918.
7For its stability, claims-paying ability and overall financial strength, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) is a member of one of only three insurance groups in the United States to currently hold the highest rating available to U.S. insurers from all four leading insurance company rating agencies: A.M. Best (A++ as of 7/24), Fitch (AAA as of 8/24), Standard & Poor’s (AA+ as of 5/24), and Moody’s Investors Service (Aa1 as of 5/25). There is no guarantee that current ratings will be maintained. The financial strength ratings represent a company’s ability to meet policyholders’ obligations and do not apply to variable annuities or any other product or service not fully backed by TIAA’s claims-paying ability. The ratings also do not apply to the safety or the performance of the variable accounts, which will fluctuate in value.
Important information on risk
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. All investments carry a certain degree of risk, including the possible loss of principal, and there is no assurance that an investment will provide positive performance over any period of time. Certain products and services may not be available to all entities or persons. There is no guarantee that investment objectives will be achieved.
Debt or fixed income securities are subject to market risk, credit risk, interest rate/duration risk, call risk, tax risk, political and economic risk, derivatives risk, and income risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall and as interest rates fall, bond prices rise. Credit risk refers to an issuers ability to make interest and principal payments when due.
Responsible investing incorporates Environmental Social Governance (ESG) factors that may affect exposure to issuers, sectors, industries, limiting the type and number of investment opportunities available, which could result in excluding investments that perform well.