Nuveen Appoints Daniel Close as Head of Municipals

John Miller to Retire After Successful 30-year Career

Leadership Continuity Ensured as Well-Established Succession Marks the Next Stage for Industry-Leading Platform

NEW YORK, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, appointed Daniel Close, CFA ®, a veteran portfolio manager at the firm with a proven track record of success, as Head of Municipals.

Mr. Close, 47, who ran the firm's taxable municipals business, will now assume leadership over its entire municipal finance investment team. The group includes more than 80 investment professionals averaging 22 years of experience and is one of the largest, most successful and longest-tenured teams in the asset class. Mr. Close succeeds John Miller, CFA ®, who is retiring after a successful career, including nearly 30 years at Nuveen. The key tenets of the team's proven investment and research processes will not change.

"Dan's contributions have been crucial to the advancement of Nuveen's municipals business," said William Huffman, President of Nuveen Equities and Fixed Income. "His strong historical investment performance, rock-solid judgment and dedication to our team-based approach give me the utmost confidence that the group, under his leadership, will retain and strengthen the advantages and market positioning that they've long been known and admired for in the industry."

Mr. Close began his investment career in 1998 and has extensive experience as a portfolio manager in both tax exempt high-yield and investment-grade municipals. In leading Nuveen's Taxable Municipals business, he helped establish and expand the platform to $35 billion in assets under management, serving more than 60 institutional accounts. Mr. Close is a trusted voice on custom fixed income solutions and asset allocation and has deep experience working with clients across the firm's business worldwide.

"I'm delighted to take on my expanded role within the muni industry's most experienced, dedicated and insightful portfolio management team," Mr. Close said. "All of us look forward to expanding Nuveen's strengths and capabilities by continuing to innovate and provide tremendous value for our clients."

Mr. Miller, who joined Nuveen in 1996, and has been the Head of the Municipals investment team since 2007, played a central role in building and strengthening the firm's comprehensive approach to municipal investing. As part of a well-established transition plan, Mr. Miller will continue to serve as a portfolio manager until his retirement on June 1^st, 2023.

"We're also celebrating John's incredibly successful career," Mr. Huffman said. "John's ceaseless dedication to our clients' best interests represents the very heart of Nuveen's culture."

"I am deeply grateful for my years at Nuveen and retire with a profound sense of pride in all that our dedicated and extremely talented team accomplished," Mr. Miller said. "Nuveen's municipal business is incredibly resilient and well-positioned to capitalize on the many opportunities that lay ahead. I wish all of my colleagues the best as they continue to set the industry standard for success."

Prior to Mr. Miller's retirement, Nuveen will leverage the firm's deep bench of senior executives to transition responsibilities for managing 10 of the firm's more than 60 municipal bond funds. Nuveen will make no changes to its separately managed accounts, investment-grade municipals or taxable municipals businesses.   

About Nuveen's Municipal Fixed Income Platform

Nuveen has steadfastly served clients and communities through excellence in investment since its founding in 1898. Today it is an industry leader ranking among the largest municipal fund managers, with $188 billion in assets under management¹.

Nuveen's specialized municipal credit research team of 25 professionals is among the largest and most experienced in the asset class. The platform serves clients across institutional and wealth audiences, providing access to the asset class via mutual funds, closed-end funds, separately managed accounts and model portfolios. Portfolio managers are being added to only the following strategies:

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About Nuveen

Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, offers a comprehensive range of outcome-focused investment solutions designed to secure the long-term financial goals of institutional and individual investors. Nuveen has $1.1 trillion in assets under management as of 31 Dec 2022 and operations in 27 countries. Its investment specialists offer deep expertise across a comprehensive range of traditional and alternative investments through a wide array of vehicles and customized strategies. For more information, please visit www.nuveen.com.

Important information on risk

Mutual fund investing involves risk; principal loss is possible. Debt or fixed income securities such as those held by the funds, are subject to market risk, credit risk, interest rate risk, call risk, tax risk, political and economic risk, and income risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall. Credit risk refers to an issuers ability to make interest and principal payments when due. Below investment grade or high yield debt securities are subject to liquidity risk and heightened credit risk. The funds' use of inverse floaters creates effective leverage. Leverage involves the risk that the funds could lose more than its original investment and also increases the funds' exposure to volatility,interest rate risk, and credit risk.

In addition, the Nuveen High Yield Municipal Bond Fund concentrates in non-investment-grade and unrated bonds with long maturities and durations which carry heightened credit risk, liquidity risk, and potential for default. The fund oftentimes engages in a significant amount of portfolio leverage and in doing so, assumes a high level of risk in pursuit of its objectives. The Nuveen All-American Municipal Bond Fund periodically engages in a moderate amount of portfolio leverage and in doing so, assumes a higher level of risk in pursuit of its objectives. The Nuveen Short Duration High Yield Municipal Bond Fund concentrates in non-investment grade and unrated bonds with shorter maturities and durations which carry heightened credit risk, liquidity risk, and potential for default. In addition, the Fund may engage in a moderate amount of portfolio leverage and in doing so, assumes a higher level of risk in pursuit of its objectives.

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