Strategy description
Taxable bond investing customization
Investors increasingly desire an active role in identifying solutions that may help satisfy their financial objectives. Nuveen offers access to the expertise of a leading portfolio management team with flexibility to customize portfolios to meet individual client needs.
Investment process
Nuveen seeks to optimize value through the careful analysis of fundamentals, technical and valuations. We use fundamental macroeconomic analysis and fair value models to identify opportunities along the yield curve. We believe strong long-term performance may be achieved by focusing on three key return drivers: interest rate sensitivity, yield-curve positioning and sector/security selection.
Ladders are built based on the designated maturity range. The portfolio positions are monitored for credit worthiness, without active trading occurring unless warranted by credit events or client needs. The global fixed income team maintains the designated maturity by purchasing new bonds at the longest available maturity in the range to replace those that reach the maturity minimum. Portfolio managers also may invest in callable bonds, which if called prior to maturity, will generate the need to reinvest the proceeds to maintain the composition of the specified laddered portfolio.