JLT and NTGI tie up on active management
UK - Jardine Lloyd Thompson Benefit Solutions (JLT) has partnered with Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) to deliver active investment management on a manager of managers basis for UK pension funds.
NTGI will now be responsible for selecting and monitoring managers globally for some of JLT's pension fund clients. JLT will continue to manage the strategic asset allocation, the asset class and benchmarking,...
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