Northern Trust has struck an alliance with BlackRock to deliver operations, data, and servicing capabilities to mutual clients. These new capabilities, delivered through Aladdin, BlackRock’s investment management and operations platform, aims to provide clients with increased efficiency, interoperability and transparency across the back, middle and front office. The relationship with BlackRock currently supports mutual clients…
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Northern Trust deploys machine learning for FX management
Northern Trust has enhanced its currency management solutions with machine learning models designed to enable greater oversight of thousands of daily data points and help reduce risk throughout the currency management lifecycle. The solution has been developed in conjunction with Northern Trust’s strategic partner, Lumint Corporation. The advanced technology used by the Robotic Oversight System…
Modular AM appoints Northern Trust for new Asia funds
Northern Trust has been appointed by Modular Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd to provide custody, fund administration, middle-office outsourcing, collateral management and risk compliance monitoring services. Modular, which was spun out of Millennium Capital Management at the beginning of 2020, is a specialist Asian macro alternative investment management company licensed by the Monetary Authority of…
Northern Trust launches cloud-based version of Online Report Center
Northern Trust has launched a new version of its most popular client-facing tool, Online Report Center, as a cloud-based service with a redesigned user interface, available through its Passport client portal. New features include: Enhanced scheduling and interactive reporting and report packaging capabilities; Event-based and time-based report generation triggers; and Secure email attachments, email notifications,…
Northern Trust partners with IdealRatings for ESG analytics
Northern Trust has partnered with IdealRatings to enhance its analytical capabilities for investors’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk exposures. The ESG Analytics Summary provides investors with periodic snapshot analysis across their equity and corporate bond portfolios, setting out investment scores against a range of ESG factors, UN global compact principles and business activity flags.
Northern Trust hires Alison Pain as CTO for EMEA
Northern Trust has named Alison Pain as chief technology officer (CTO) for Europe, Middle East & Africa. Based in London, Pain will lead the planning, organisation, direction and control of the enterprise technology business unit across EMEA. She reports to Tom South, chief information officer at Northern Trust, with a local reporting line to Teresa…
Genesis IM takes Northern’s ITS solution for global equities
Northern Trust is to provide its Integrated Trading Solutions service to UK-based Genesis Investment Management for global equity trading. Neil Dacey, head of trading at Genesis, will take up a management role in Northern Trust’s trading team overseeing emerging markets execution. This builds on Northern Trust’s existing fund administration and custody relationship with Genesis for…
NTRS reports bump in UK pension fund assets
Northern Trust reports that AuC for UK pension funds grew by more than USD72bn in 2019. The bank provides custody and related services to more than 270 UK pension funds with collectively more than USD851bn AuC.
NTRS hires Sara Gilbert to head European alternatives bus dev
Northern Trust has hired Sara Gilbert as senior executive for alternatives business development in Europe. Based in Luxembourg, she reports to Douglas Gee, head of sales for EMEA. Gilbert joins from AltaReturn in Hong Kong. She previously held roles at SS&C, SunGard/FIS, PerTrac, Financial News and the Financial Times.
Northern Trust to provide integrated trading solutions for Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
18FEB20: Northern Trust has been appointed by the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund to provide its Integrated Trading Solutions package, including outsourced trading and middle office functionality, for a domestic equity portfolio managed internally by IMRF, the state’s second-largest public retirement plan. Northern Trust and IMRF have a more than 30-year relationship. Northern Trust provides global…