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Northern Trust partners for private equity blockchain

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Northern Trust is working with multiple key stakeholders to launch the first commercial implementation of blockchain technology for the private equity sector. Partnering with IBM, Northern Trust deployed a distributed ledger for the administration of ...

Northern Trust launches sustainable real assets fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Northern Trust partnered with a global provider of sustainable real assets indices to launch a new real estate fund. In partnership with Netherlands-based environmental, social and governance researcher GRESB, Northern Trust released a new sustainability ...

Alpha generation to trump in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... demonstrate alpha generation on both sides of their portfolios," he explained. He added that 50 South, which is Northern Trust's wholly-owned investment advisory subsidiary, will "continue to favour managers that have value generative short portfolios ...

QIC renews custody mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Northern Trust will serve as custodian for QIC's Australian business for another seven year term. The re-appointment comes five years since Northern Trust began providing asset services for the fund manager in November 2011. The firm also acts as global ...

Crestone signs former Rio Tinto CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... and regulators." Crestone has several strategic partners - including UBS, Commonwealth Bank, Credit Suisse and Northern Trust, as well as market leading global technology provider Avaloq. The firm was created from the acquisition of UBS Wealth Management ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... harder to find attractive investment opportunities." The Guardians recently placed new investment mandates with Northern Trust and BlackRock for factor investing and merger arbitrage respectively. Since inception in 2003 the NZ Super Fund has returned ...

Northern Trust wins two NZ Super mandates

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation. The mandates - each for NZ$300 million ($286 million) - will distribute funds Northern Trust already invests passively in global equities on behalf of NZ Super across a low volatility strategy and a value investing ...

Northern Trust expands Australian office

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Northern Trust is establishing a capital markets presence in Australia through its new securities lending trading desk based in Sydney. The global wealth management firm is also appointing a senior foreign exchange sales representative in its Sydney ...

Northern Trust hires CBA equities research director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Northern Trust Capital Markets has appointed a new research analyst. Ben Brownette joins Northern Trust from CBA, where he was a director and analyst on the equities research team. Before that, he was a senior analyst at Aegis Equities Research and ...

NZ Super seeks factor investing strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... fund. It is most interested in low risk and value factors. This plays in to the hands of asset managers such as Northern Trust and Robeco after both marketed factor-based investment strategies in Australia last month. NZ Super Fund manager investment ...