Stephen J. Candido, CFA^®

Stephen is a portfolio manager for high yield municipal strategies at Nuveen, managing high yield funds and institutional accounts. Stephen also has responsibility for tax-exempt open-end funds and closed-end funds that allocate to both investment grade and high yield municipals.

Stephen started working in the investment industry in 1996 when he joined the firm’s unit trust division. Prior to his current role, he was a vice president and senior research analyst specializing in high yield sectors including land secured credits, project finance and housing. Stephen was also an assistant vice president for Nuveen’s global structured products team beginning in 2005. He also served as the manager of the fixed income unit trust product management and pricing group starting in 2001, and prior to that he held positions as an equity research analyst and fixed income pricing analyst.

Stephen graduated with a B.S. in Finance from Miami University and an M.B.A., with honors and Beta Gamma Sigma, in Finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst^® designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Chicago.