Saira is Chief Investment Officer for Nuveen’s $400+ billion global
equity business. As chair of the Equities Investment Council (EIC) and a
member of the Global Investment Committee (GIC), Saira oversees the
strategic direction of equity investing for all of Nuveen. She also has
oversight responsibility for equity portfolio management, research, and
trading across the firm’s actively managed, quantitative, index, and
target date strategies. In addition, Saira is the lead portfolio manager for
the $120+ billion CREF Stock strategy and a listed portfolio manager for
the $30+ billion CREF Growth and $20+ billion CREF Global Equities
strategies. She also serves as the sole manager of a $5 billion global
equity portfolio.
Since joining the firm in 2003, Saira has held a variety of positions. Prior
to being named global equities CIO, she was head of global equities
portfolio management, and before that, head of global equities research.
Previously, Saira was with JP Morgan Asset Management, where her
roles included vice president/small cap growth portfolio manager and
equity research analyst.
Saira holds the CFA designation and graduated with a B.S. in economics
from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and an
M.S. in finance from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A sought
after source of market expertise and insight, she authors a weekly equity
market commentary on behalf of Nuveen’s EIC and frequently appears
on financial news networks such as CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business.
Saira has been profiled in Kiplinger’s and Barron’s, which ranked her
among the top 100 most influential women in U.S. finance.