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Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a financial services company in the commercial banking and broader finance sector, focusing on wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services for corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals. The NTRS news feed highlights how the firm’s global platform, institutional relationships and wealth capabilities evolve over time.
News about Northern Trust often covers mandates and client wins with institutional asset owners and investment managers. Recent announcements include expanded global custody and investment operations roles for pension providers, new middle office and investment operations outsourcing appointments, and asset servicing mandates for multi-asset fund ranges. These items illustrate how Northern Trust supports pensions, endowments and other asset owners across custody, fund administration, middle office and currency management.
Coverage also features asset management developments, such as Northern Trust Asset Management’s direct indexing solutions for ultra-high-net-worth portfolios, its views on global investment outlooks, and its role as a global investment manager. These stories provide insight into how the firm approaches capital markets research, portfolio construction, risk management and tax-aware investing.
Investors and observers will also find corporate and leadership updates, including leadership appointments within asset servicing and wealth management, and information on earnings webcasts and conference calls. Banking-related news, such as changes to the company’s prime rate, appears alongside broader commentary on economic conditions and asset class views from Northern Trust Asset Management.
By following NTRS news, readers can track how Northern Trust engages with institutional and wealth clients, how it positions its asset servicing and asset management capabilities, and how management communicates its perspective on markets and the company’s strategic priorities. This page aggregates these updates in one place for convenient ongoing monitoring.
Northern Trust announced a reduction in its prime rate from 8.00% to 7.75%, which will take effect on Friday, November 8, 2024. This 25 basis point decrease represents an adjustment in the bank's benchmark lending rate.
Northern Trust reports strong Q3 2024 performance for U.S. institutional investors, with the All Funds Over $100 Million plan universe achieving a 4.7% median return. The Corporate (ERISA) universe led with 6.4%, followed by Public Funds at 4.5% and Foundation & Endowment at 4.2%. Strong performance was driven by U.S. equities and fixed income markets, with small-cap stocks outperforming large-caps. The U.S. Fixed Income program posted a 5.0% median return, while the U.S. Equity Program achieved 6.3%. One-year returns approached 20% across segments.
Northern Trust (NTRS) completed a record-breaking month of service with employees contributing 61,000 volunteer hours to support more than 1,600 nonprofit organizations across 20 countries. The 'Achieving Greater Together' initiative included activities like blood donation drives in India, animal shelter support in Luxembourg, and food donation assistance in the UK. The company provides employees with two paid volunteer days annually and pledges 50 meals for every hour volunteered in October. This year's efforts resulted in a pledge of over 3 million meals through partnerships with global food banking networks.
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM), managing $1.3 trillion in assets, has appointed Robert Eaton as Senior Relationship Manager within their Wealth Client Group. Eaton brings over 20 years of experience in asset management, ETFs, and wealth-tech, previously serving as Head of Strategic Relationships at BondBloxx Investment Management ETFs and various leadership roles at BlackRock. His expertise spans relationship management, product strategy, portfolio analytics, and wealth-tech business development across different wealth channels.
Northern Trust (NTRS) has been appointed as custodian by Cadent Gas Pension Trustee for its £4.6 billion (US$6 billion) defined benefit scheme. The appointment, following an independent due diligence exercise, covers custody services for public and private assets, along with performance and SORP reporting. Northern Trust's asset owner business currently services over 370 clients with US$2.8 trillion in assets under custody across Europe, Middle East and Africa as of August 2024.
Canadian pension plans achieved strong performance in Q3 2023, with the Northern Trust Canada Universe reporting a median return of 4.8% for the quarter and 8.4% year-to-date as of September 30. The positive results were driven by robust performance in both stocks and bonds, with Canadian equities leading at 10.5% returns. The quarter saw significant monetary policy shifts, including the U.S. Federal Reserve's 50-basis point rate cut and the Bank of Canada's 25-basis point cut to 4.25%. The Canadian Fixed Income market advanced 4.7%, while international markets also showed strong performance with the MSCI EAFE Index recording 6.0% in CAD.
Northern Trust announced the release of its third quarter 2024 financial results. The company will host an earnings conference call on October 23, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. CT, which will be accessible via webcast on their website. The webcast recording will be available for approximately four weeks after the live event. Detailed financial results can be accessed through Northern Trust's website and their SEC filing on Form 8-K.
Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has announced quarterly dividend declarations for its common and preferred stock. The company will pay a cash dividend of $0.75 per share on its common stock, payable on January 1, 2025, to shareholders of record as of December 6, 2024. Additionally, Northern Trust declared a cash dividend of $293.75 per share on its Series E non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, resulting in a distribution of $0.29375 per depository share. This preferred stock dividend is also payable on January 1, 2025, to holders of record as of December 15, 2024.
Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has announced a strategic agreement with Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) to provide Hamilton Lane's proprietary software Cobalt LP® and integrated services to Northern Trust Asset Servicing clients. This collaboration aims to offer advanced private market analytics and decision support to Northern Trust clients.
The agreement includes access to Hamilton Lane's private market data, analytics, and tools through Northern Trust's Total Portfolio Analytics solutions. Clients will benefit from Cobalt LP®'s advanced analytics and pre-commitment research capabilities, as well as Hamilton Lane's portfolio company data service for tracking core metrics across private markets portfolios.
This partnership addresses the increasing need for sophisticated analytics as global clients maintain significant exposure to private markets. It combines Hamilton Lane's front office analytics with Northern Trust's core Front Office Solutions investment book of record (IBOR) support, offering a comprehensive front-to-back office decision-making solution.
Northern Trust has announced the appointment of Srilatha Lakkaraju as the new Director of Charitable Giving Solutions for their Foundation & Institutional Advisors (FIA) practice. In this role, Lakkaraju will oversee the national strategy and implementation of Donor Advised Fund and Private Foundation Administration solutions.
Lakkaraju brings 14 years of experience from Bank of America, where she managed private foundations and nonprofit organizations nationwide. Her background includes public policy advocacy for nonprofit tax policy, governance, and compliance issues.
Darius A. Gill, National Practice Executive for FIA, expressed excitement about Lakkaraju joining the team, highlighting her expertise as valuable for accelerating growth in their charitable giving solutions. Lakkaraju holds a Master of Science in Public Service from DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science in Management of Information Systems from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.