Global asset manager Nuveen has announced a dedicated Global Infrastructure Investment Platform to tap the unprecedented investor demand for infrastructure assets.
Nuveen manages $340 billion in assets across real estate, natural capital, infrastructure, private capital, and specialisations in leveraged finance and private placements.
Nuveen’s new platform positions the firm to capture opportunities in areas spanning sustainable real estate financing, clean energy development, infrastructure credit, and digital infrastructure equity investments.
Jessica Bailey, who previously served as CEO of Nuveen Green Capital, has been appointed as Head of Global Infrastructure, a newly created role responsible for scaling the platform. Bailey will report to Saira Malik, Nuveen Chief Investment Officer.
Nuveen’s investment capabilities will now be organized into six distinct asset class pillars.
The newly structured multi-asset Global Infrastructure Investment Platform brings together multiple teams, including Nuveen Energy Infrastructure Credit, which provides private credit solutions supporting energy and power infrastructure development focused on digitalization, electrification, and reindustrialization trends across North America, Europe, and other OECD markets.
The platform also includes Nuveen Infrastructure Equity Teams, led by Biff Ourso, and Nuveen Green Capital, which leads sustainable financing solutions for critical infrastructure in commercial real estate.
The investment strategy and processes of each team remain unchanged. The infrastructure platform will benefit from the deep bench of infrastructure investment expertise.
Nuveen’s five other asset class pillars include the Global Real Estate Platform ($135 billion in AUM as of August), the Global Natural Capital Platform ($11 billion in AUM); the Global Private Capital Platform ($87 billion in committed capital); the Global Fixed Income Platform ($569 billion in AUM), and the Global Equities Platform ($536 billion in AUM).
