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Nuveen on leading the way in private credit

Innovations in the private credit industry are increasingly appealing to new groups of investors and attracting younger women to the credit industry, says Laura Parrott, senior managing director and head of private fixed income at Nuveen.

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In your view, what are the most attractive areas of private debt to be investing in right now?

Laura Parrott

I lead our private fixed income platform, which is primarily focused on investment grade private credit. Right now, I would say that from both an investment activity and investor appetite perspective, tailwinds are strongest in some of the more structured areas of private credit, such as esoteric asset-based finance and structured investments secured against the lease payments on critical real estate.