Northern Trust Expands Foreign Exchange Currency Management Services Footprint with Key New Mandates
Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is witnessing a surge in demand for its Foreign Exchange (FX) currency management services, driven by recent mandates from clients such as Blackwall Capital Investment AG, Kieger AG, and TT International Asset Management Limited. The company offers comprehensive currency management solutions designed to address market volatility and operational complexities, enhanced by machine learning models for risk reduction. As of December 31, 2020, Northern Trust managed US$1.4 trillion in assets, reflecting its strong market position and commitment to client service.
- Strong demand for FX currency management services, indicating robust market interest.
- New client acquisitions and expanded services for existing clients, enhancing revenue potential.
- Implementation of machine learning models to improve risk management in currency operations.
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Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is experiencing strong demand for its Foreign Exchange (FX) currency management services with a number of significant new mandates over the past 12 months.
The appointments to provide a full suite of currency management services span newly onboarded clients including Blackwall Capital Investment AG, Kieger AG and TT International Asset Management Limited, in addition to significantly expanded services for existing clients including AMX (The Asset Management Exchange) and Rockefeller Asset Management.
John Turney, global head of Foreign Exchange at Northern Trust, said: “A combination of rising operational costs, governance pressures and regulatory requirements are encouraging asset managers and asset owners to delegate their FX currency hedging to a specialist third-party who can efficiently manage FX risk, enabling them to focus on their core investment process. This trend has been further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has heightened the need to respond quickly to market events in order to manage and mitigate currency volatility in global investment portfolios. Northern Trust’s bespoke automated end-to-end solution eases the administration burden, strengthens oversight and supports distribution strategies throughout the full currency management lifecycle.”
Oliver Jaegemann, CEO of AMX, said: “Northern Trust has been our partner since the launch of our hedged share classes and has offered a comprehensive service to us across a number of funds. The integration with Northern Trust’s fund administration solutions, and the rest of its operations, leads to a robust operating model and high quality service to both our managers and clients. As the AMX platform continues to grow, in terms of assets, managers and funds, our clients will benefit even more from our partnership with Northern Trust.”
Chip Montgomery, head of Business Strategy & Corporate Development, of Rockefeller Asset Management, said: “Northern Trust drew on its deep understanding of FX currency management to design a sophisticated solution, directly addressing the objectives and challenges of a significant underlying investor in Rockefeller’s Global ESG Equity UCITS Fund. By delegating currency share class hedging activities to Northern Trust, we have delivered currency hedging solutions to the growing number of sustainability focused investors on our UCITS platform; all while retaining oversight through Northern Trust's advanced performance analytics.”
Northern Trust’s currency management suite comprises share class hedging, portfolio overlay and ‘look through’ hedging solutions to help asset managers and asset owners manage and mitigate currency volatility for their international investment portfolios. The automated solutions are set to agreed client parameters to deliver active monitoring against target hedge ratios, unrealized P&L views, real-time performance attribution analytics and detailed transparency and oversight dashboards.
Northern Trust recently 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 in conjunction with Northern Trust’s strategic partner Lumint Corporation.
Northern Trust’s currency management services are part of the Northern Trust Global Foreign Exchange offering from Northern Trust Capital Markets. Northern Trust Capital Markets provides brokerage, securities lending and transition management services, in addition to foreign exchange. It is a division of Corporate & Institutional Services, which provides asset servicing, fund administration, middle office and revenue enhancement solutions to asset managers, asset allocators and asset owners around the globe.
About Northern Trust
Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals. Founded in Chicago in 1889, Northern Trust has a global presence with offices in 22 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., and across 23 locations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of December 31, 2020, Northern Trust had assets under custody/administration of US
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