Northern Trust has been selected by Hong Kong-based asset managers Clean Alpha Partners and Keyrock Capital Management Limited to deliver Investment Data Science solutions through its strategic partnership with Equity Data Science (EDS). Under the mandates, Northern Trust will provide access to EDS’ Research Management System, a workflow solution that integrates real-time quantitative and qualitative…
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Mereo appoints NTRS
Northern Trust has been selected to provide asset servicing and asset management solutions to the newly–launched reinsurance firm, Mereo Insurance Limited, based in Bermuda. Northern Trust will provide custody services and institutional brokerage solutions, serving as broker for Mereo’s trade execution needs. Additionally, Northern Trust Asset Management will manage a portion of Mereo’s fixed income…
NT wins another Dutch mandate
Northern Trust has been appointed by BPF Beton, a Dutch pension fund, to provide global custody, regulatory reporting, valuation and accounting, and performance analytics. BPF Beton is the industry pension fund for people working in the concrete products industry in the Netherlands with c. EUR1.2bn (c. USD1.2bn) in AuM.
NTRS hires for OCIO role
Northern Trust has appointed Kate McCabe to lead the OCIO strategy for its asset servicing business unit. In this newly established role, McCabe will be responsible for developing strategic relationships with outsourced chief investment officer firms and the associated investment consultant community. She will report to Melanie Pickett, head of asset servicing, Americas. McCabe was…
New CEO for NT Canada
Jeff Alexander has joined Northern Trust as president and CEO of The Northern Trust Company, Canada, and principal officer of the affiliated The Northern Trust Company, Canada Branch, based in Toronto. Alexander reports to Melanie Pickett, head of asset servicing, Americas and, as a director, to the board of directors of The Northern Trust Company,…
NTRS wins LTAF mandate
Northern Trust has been appointed to provide Partners Group with fund administration, depositary, and banking services for its first LTAF. Based in Switzerland, Partners Group is one of the largest firms in the private markets industry with over USD150bn AuM. The new LTAF, the Partners Group Generations Private Credit LTAF, focuses on providing defined contribution…
Northern Trust joins Ensemble
Northern Trust has joined Project Ensemble, a Hong Kong Monetary Authority initiative, to help develop an experimental framework for cross-border trading of digital carbon credits. The collaboration aims to explore how overseas investors can access tokenised voluntary carbon credits traded in Hong Kong. The project will be supported by the Northern Trust Carbon Ecosystem, a…
FINBOURNE hires chairman
FINBOURNE, the UK-based provider of investment technology, has appointed Toby Glaysher as chairman of the board, alongside the formation of a new advisory board. Glaysher recently retired after a 37-year career at Northern Trust, most recently serving as president of global fund services. Northern Trust signed a major deal with FINBOURNE in 2024.
Northern Trust wins ECO mandate
Northern Trust has entered into a service agreement with UK-based Ecosystem Certification Organisation (ECO) to provide recordkeeping and settlement services for digital carbon credit units issued to project developers under the Natural Forest Standard (NFS), which is administered and governed by ECO. Under the agreement, Northern Trust will record the Natural Capital Credits generated by…
NTRS appoints new global head of asset servicing sales
Northern Trust has named Douglas Gee as global head of sales for asset servicing, effective 1 July. He replaces Jon Dunham, who is retiring. Gee will report to Teresa Parker, Northern Trust asset servicing president, Gee, who joined Northern Trust in 2008, currently manages the EMEA and APAC business development teams. He will remain based…