AUSTRALIA - The A$24bn Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation has hired Northern Trust as custodian, marking the firm's first full-service master custody client in Australia.
GLOBAL - USS; Record Currency Management; BlackRock; First State; West Midlands; Mn Services;
HONG KONG - Northern Trust will begin offering index equity portfolio management services from Hong Kong after receiving regulatory approval this week.
APG Group; BNY Mellon; Dreyfus Corporation; Northern Trust; TRS; QIC; AXA Investment Managers; Acadian Asset Management; BlackRock; Aon Risk Solutions; SSgA; Mercer; RBC Dexia Investor Services; Schroders
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - Northern Trust has appointed Rohan Singh as managing director of its Australia and New Zealand business.
UK - Northumberland County Council Pension Fund has appointed Northern Trust to provide it with transition management services.
Northumberland County Council Pension Fund has appointed Northern Trust to provide it with transition management services.
US - Northern Trust has completed its acquisition of hedge fund administrator Omnium from Chicago-based Citadel.
US institutional investment plan sponsors had their fourth consecutive quarter of positive results in the second quarter of 2011, research shows.
UK - The £4.3bn ($7bn) Lancashire County Council pension fund has become the fourth local government pension scheme this year to hand Northern Trust a custody mandate.