New Year mandate wins
UK - Northern Trust has been re-appointed as custodian of the £10bn (US$19.7bn) Strathclyde pension fund, a position it has held for the past decade.
The Strathclyde fund is the largest local government scheme in the UK and Northern trust continues to provide custody services, securities lending, cash management and foreign exchange services to the...
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