EXHIBIT 23

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


The Board of Directors
Nuveen Investments, Inc:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of Nuveen Investments, Inc. of our report dated March 8, 2006, with
respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Nuveen Investments, Inc. as of
December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income,
changes in common stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in
the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, management's assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2005, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2005, which reports appear in the December 31, 2005, annual report
on Form 10-K of Nuveen Investments, Inc.

Our report refers to the Company's expensing the cost of stock options per the
fair value recognition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS) No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, effective April 1,
2004.



/s/ KPMG LLP


Chicago, Illinois
March 8, 2006