Northern Trust - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/wealth

Northern Trust launches investor portal

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) today announced the launch of its next-generation investor portal for alternative asset managers, offering an enhanced investor experience with updated data feeds, customized views and analysis.

10 November 2020

Company announcement/sustainable

Northern Trust adds new environmental data categories to ESG reporting service

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) announced today it has further developed its environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk exposure analytics capabilities to include new reporting for key environmental data categories.

20 August 2020

Company announcement/markets

Northern Trust forms tech alliance with BlackRock

As part of its continuing strategy to provide integrated products, services and technology across the entire investment lifecycle, Northern Trust has entered into a strategic alliance with BlackRock to deliver enhanced operations, data, and servicing capabilities to mutual clients.

29 May 2020

News/wealth

Northern Trust tapping data transparency and ESG to navigate volatility

American financial holding company Northern Trust’s head of front office solutions, Melanie Pickett, tells Finextra Research about some of the complexities in delivering reliable data analytics to institutional clients, which are of even greater importance during periods of volatility such as now.

30 April 2020

Company announcement/sustainable

Northern Trust upgrades ESG analytics suite

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has enhanced its analytical capabilities to provide pension funds and other global institutional investors with heightened insights and transparency over their environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk exposures.

30 April 2020

Company announcement/people

Northern Trust names Alison Pain as Emea CTO

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) has named Alison Pain as chief technology officer (CTO) for the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region.

27 April 2020

News

Northern Trust applies machine learning to securities lending

Northern Trust has developed a pricing engine for securities lending that utilises machine learning and advanced statistical techniques to forecast lending rates for 34 global markets.

14 August 2019

News

Northern Trust transfers PE blockchain to Broadridge

Northern Trust is to transfer its inhouse developed blockchain platform for private equity firms to Broadridge, in an acknowledgement of the ongoing costs in upkeep and the need for an industry-neutral sales and marketing machine.

26 June 2019

Company announcement/regulation

Northern trust and Confluence form regulatory reporting partnership

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS), a leading provider of asset servicing solutions and Confluence, a global leader in investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting, today announce they are partnering to deliver financial and regulatory reporting solutions for Northern Trust’s European asset manager clients.

25 June 2019

Company announcement

Temenos extends contract with Northern Trust

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced that it has signed a multi-year deal with leading global financial services company Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS).

16 July 2018

News

Northern Trust applies for blockchain patents

Northern Trust, one of the few financial firms in the world to have a implemented a live distributed ledger application, has applied for two new blockchain-related patents in digital identity and meeting management.

08 June 2018

News

Banco Santander counts the votes at AGM using blockchain tech

Santander and Broadridge, in collaboration with JPMorgan and Northern Trust as custodian banks, have completed a test run of blockchain for investor voting at the Spanish bank's annual general meeting (AGM).

17 May 2018