Saira Malik, CIO of investment giant Nuveen LLC, on Wednesday announced her appointment as head of Nuveen Equites and Fixed Income.
“I am both honored and proud to add Head of Nuveen Equities and Fixed Income (NEFI) to my role as [CIO], and lead an unbelievably talented team of professionals who are responsible for more than $1 trillion in AUM and committed to delivering strong investment performance for the clients we serve,” wrote Malik in a LinkedIn post.
Malik has held various positions at Nuveen for more than 21 years. She was previously head of global equity portfolio management at the firm and head of global equity research. Prior to joining Nuveen, she was an equity portfolio manager and equity research analyst at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
Malik earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, later serving as a board member of the Cal Poly Foundation between 2017 and 2020 and earned a master’s degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Nuveen manages more than $1.2 trillion in assets across many products such as mutual funds, closed-end funds, ETFs, SMAs and 529 Plans. The firm is a subsidiary of TIAA.
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