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Awards & Accolades

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Award Highlights

  • Best Private Bank in the U.S. (13 of the last 16 years), Financial Times Group, 2024
  • Best Private Bank in North America for Entrepreneurs, Financial Times Group, 2024
  • Best Private Bank in North America for Ultra High Net Worth Clients, Financial Times Group, 2024
  • Custody Deal of the Year (Northern Trust and True Potential), Global Custodian Industry Leaders Awards, 2024
  • Best Private Bank in the U.S. for Digital Wealth Planning, Wealth Tech Awards, Financial Times and PWM, 2024
  • Best Digital Innovator of the Year in the U.S., Wealth Tech Awards, Financial Times and PWM, 2024
  • One of the World's Most Admired Companies, Fortune Magazine, 2024 (18th consecutive year)
  • 100 Best Companies winner, Seramount2024
  • Best Companies for Multicultural Women winner, Seramount2024
  • Disability Equality Index Top Scoring Company, Disability:In2024
  • Top 100 Internship Programs, Yello and WayUp 2024
  • Transfer Agent of the Year, Funds Europe Awards, November 2023 (second consecutive year)
  • Winners: "Outstanding Client Service and Relationship Management" in Outsourced Trading category, The Trade’s Leaders in Trading Awards, 2023
  • 2023 Minority Business Impact Award, The Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee of the Chicago Minority Development Council
  • Top 5 Most Innovative Practices, Women Leadership Development from JobsForHer India 2023
  • Top 5 Most Innovative Practices, DivHERsity Programmes from JobsForHer India 2023
  • Top 3 Companies By Industry, Banking/Financial Services/Insurance from JobsForHer India 2023
  • Best Private Bank for Family Offices, U.S., The Financial Times Group, 2023
  • Best Private Bank for Succession Planning, U.S., The Financial Times Group, 2023
  • Gender Equality Index Member, Bloomberg, 2023 (sixth consecutive year)
  • Equality 100 Award: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion, Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2023 (16th consecutive year)
  • Administrator of the Year, Funds Europe 2022 Awards (third consecutive year)
  • Custodian of the Year, European Pensions Awards, 2022
  • Fund Services Partnership of the Year, (Northern Trust and Fenergo), Global Custodian Industry Leaders Awards, 2022
  • Best CustodianPrivate Equity Wire European Awards, 2021
  • Worldwide Assets, 17th Largest (total worldwide assets under management)

 

 

Employer Awards

North America

  • Chicago Best Large Places to Work, BuiltIn Chicago, 2023 
  • Chicago Best Places to Work , BuiltIn Chicago, 2023
  • U.S. Best Large Places to Work , BuiltIn, 2023
  • U.S. Best Places to Work, BuiltIn, 2023
  • Top Scoring Company on the Disability Equality Index (DEI), American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) and Disability:IN, 2024 (10th consecutive year as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion). 2024 marks the sixth consecutive year with a 100% score.
  • Diversity Impact Award – North America BRC Advisory Council named to the Top 10 Enterprise-Wide ERGs & Diversity Councils list in the U.S. by The Global ERG Network, 2024 (fifth consecutive year)
  • Seramount Inclusion Index, 2024, Northern Trust recognized for commitment to Best Practices in Recruitment, Retention & Advancement, Company Culture and Demographics/Transparency
  • 2024 Top Companies for Executive Women, Seramount
  • Top 50 Companies for Latinas to Work for in the United States, Latina Style Magazine, 2023 (ranked for 10+ years)
  • Top Financial & Banking Company, Black EOE Journal, 2023 (13th consecutive year)
  • Top Hispanic Employer, DiversityComm Magazine, 2024 (14th consecutive year)
  • Top Financial & Banking Company, Professional WOMAN’S Magazine, 2023 (13th consecutive year)
  • Top Veteran-Friendly CompanyU.S. Veterans Magazine, 2023 (fourth consecutive year)
  • Top Disability-Friendly Company, DIVERSEability Magazine, 2023  (fourth consecutive year)
  • Diversity Impact Award – Women in Leadership Business Resource Council named to the Top 25 Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) in the U.S. list by The Global ERG Network, 2024 (six time winner)
  • 2024 Best Companies for Multicultural Women, Seramount
  • Top Hispanic Employee Resource Groups of the Year, Honorable Mention, The Latin Heritage Leadership Council recognized by Latina Style Magazine, 2023
  • Best Companies for Dads, Seramount, 2022 (third consecutive year)
  • Top Companies in Chicago, LinkedIn, 2021
  • Illinois ESGR Seven Seals Award 
  • Northern Trust has been recognized by the Illinois ESGR for our support of our organization's military community. The Seven Seals Award is the broadest and most inclusive award given by ESGR and is presented at the discretion of the State Chair or by ESGR senior leadership. It is presented in recognition of significant individual or organizational achievement, initiative, or support that promotes and supports the ESGR mission.
  • 100 Best Companies, Seramount, 2024

 

Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)

  • Business & Finance Irish Business Awards, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion award, 2022 
  • LGBT Great Financial Services Standards, Silver Standard, 2022
  • The KeepWell Mark, Accredited in Workplace Wellbeing - Irish Business and Employers' Confederation (IBEC) 2022
  • Mind Workplace Wellbeing Index – Silver award (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Ministry of Deference Employer Recognition Scheme, 2020 – Gold Award

 

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

  • Diversity Company of the Year – Circle of Excellence Awardee, Asia CEO Awards 2022
  • Top 20 Companies DivHERsity (Large Enterprises), JOBSFORHER India 2022
  • Top 5 Most Innovative Practices DivHERsity Hiring, JOSBFORHER India 2022
  • A 100 Best Company To Work for Women in India by AVTAR India and Seramount USA, Third Consecutive Year
  • Gold Employer India Workplace Equality Index 2022
  • Bronze Employer Australia Workplace Equality Index 2022
  • Exemplar for Inclusion in the Most Inclusive Companies Index, AVTAR India & Seramount USA, 2022
  • Pride Company of the Year Finalist, Philippine Financial and Inter-Industry Pride (PFIP) Bahaghari Awards 2022
  • Candidate Experience (CandE) Award winner, Global Talent Board 2022
  • Best Mental Health Workplace Strategy Multinational Implementation, THIS CAN HAPPEN 2021
  • Project Red Ribbon’s Duyan Ambassador Award Recipient as recognition of Northern Trust’s continued commitment in supporting children in the Philippines with HIV/AIDS, 2019 - 2021
  • Gold Standard Diversity & Inclusion Impact Award, SSON International 2021

 

Asset Servicing Awards

  • Middle East Custodian of the Year
    Asset Servicing Times Industry Excellence Awards, November 2024
  • European Private Markets Administrator of the Year
    Funds Europe Awards, November 2024
  • European Transfer Agent of the Year
    Funds Europe Awards, November 2024 (third consecutive year)
  • LGPS Service Provider of the Year Winner
    LAPF  Investments Awards 2024
  • Best Outsourcing Service Provider Winner (Northern Trust Integrated Trading Solutions)
    WatersTechnology Rankings 2024
  • Best Agency Broker Runner Up (Northern Trust Integrated Trading Solutions)
    WatersTechnology Rankings 2024
  • Best Algorithmic Trading Provider Runner Up (Northern Trust Global Foreign Exchange)
    WatersTechnology Rankings 2024
  • Custody Deal of the Year (Northern Trust and True Potential)
    Global Custodian Industry Leaders Awards, 2024
  • Best Custodian
    Australian Wealth Management Awards 2024
  • Best Custody Specialist, Institutional – Asia
    Triple A Sustainable Investing Awards 2024 (15th consecutive year)
  • Best Global Custodian for Asset Owners
    AsianInvestor Asset Management Awards 2024
  • Best Custodian Award
    Saudi Capital Market Awards 2023 (second consecutive year)
  • Best Outsourced Trading Solution Provider
    Institutional Asset Manager Service Provider Awards, November 2023
  • Best Fund Custodian Services Provider
    Institutional Asset Manager Service Provider Awards, November 2023
  • Winners: 'Outstanding Client Service and Relationship Management’ in Outsourced Trading category
    The Trade’s Leaders in Trading awards, November 2023
  • Best Data Science Solution Provider (IDS/EDS)
    Hedgeweek US Awards, 2023
  • Best Administrator – Overall (Hedge Fund Services)
    Hedgeweek US Awards, 2023
  • Best Administrator – Middle Office Services (Hedge Fund Services)
    HFM US Services Awards, 2023
  • Best Data Management Solution (IDS/EDS)
    HFM US Services Awards, 2023
  • Editors’ Triple Star Award – Digital Onboarding for Private Capital
    The Asset's Triple A Sustainable Investing Awards 2023
  • Best Custody Specialist, Institutional – Asia
    The Asset's Triple A Sustainable Investing Awards 2023 (14th consecutive year)
  • Best Global Custodian for Asset Owners 
    AsianInvestor Asset Management Awards 2023
  • Best Mutual Fund Administrator
    Fund Intelligence 2023
  • Best Custodian Award
    Saudi Capital Market Awards 2022
  • Best Reporting Initiative (for SSI Data Delivery Solution)
    WatersTechnology American Financial Technology Awards 2022
  • Best Data Management (for Data Warehouse Solutions)
    WatersTechnology American Financial Technology Awards 2022
  • Administrator of the Year
    Funds Europe 2022 Awards (third consecutive year)
  • Transfer Agent of the Year
    Funds Europe 2022 Awards
  • Best Administrator - Middle Office Services
    HFM US Hedge Fund Services Awards, 2022
  • Best Custody Specialist – Institutional
    Asia The Asset Triple A Awards, 2022 (13th consecutive year)
  • Ireland and UK Fund Administration Services: awarded Gold for Transfer Agency Services
  • Custodian of the Year
    European Pensions Awards, 2022
  • Ireland’s Second Largest Fund Administrator, Custodian and Transfer Agent
    Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report, 2022
  • Most Disruptive Technology Solution (Northern Trust - Investment Data Science/Equity Data Science (EDS))
    HFM US Technology Awards, 2022
  • Custodian of the Year
    Global Investor MENA Awards, 2021
  • Fund Administrator of the Year
    Global Investor MENA Awards, 2021
  • NICSA 2021 Nova Award for Innovation in Technology (IDS/EDS)
  • Best Administrator - Technology
    HFM US Hedge Fund Services Awards, 2021
  • 2021 American Financial Awards
    The Most Cutting-edge IT Initiative (NT Digitizer)
  • 2021 American Financial Awards
    Best Data Management Initiative (API Store)
  • European Administrator of the Year
    Funds Europe Awards, 2021 (2nd consecutive year)
  • Global Custodian of the Year
    Asset Servicing Times' Industry Excellence Awards, 2021
  • Global Fund Administrator of the Year
    Asset Servicing Times' Industry Excellence Awards, 2021
  • European Fund Administrator of the Year
    Asset Servicing Times' Industry Excellence Awards, 2021
  • Custodian of the Year
    Global Investor Investment Excellence Awards 2021
  • Best Custody Specialist - Institutional
    The Asset - Triple A Sustainable Investing Awards for Institutional Investor, ETF, and Asset Servicing Provider, 2021 (12th consecutive year)
  • Best Asset Servicing Mandate, Alternatives (Modular)
    The Asset - Triple A Sustainable Investing Awards for Institutional Investor, ETF, and Asset Servicing Provider, 2021
  • Best Middle Office Outsourcing, Fund Managers (FSI)
    The Asset - Triple A Sustainable Investing Awards for Institutional Investor, ETF, and Asset Servicing Provider, 2021
  • Best Custodian
    Private Equity Wire European Awards, 2021
  • Best Mutual Fund Administrator
    Fund Intelligence, 2021
  • Best Cash Management/Treasury Services
    HFM, 2021

 

Investment Management Awards

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 

  • Excellence Awardee, DEI Organizational Effort, NTAM received the award in 2024. InvestmentNews, InvestmentNews Awards 2024, announced 6/20/2024
  • Diversity ChampionNTAM was named a Diversity Champion in 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 and received one of the 9 Diversity Champion firm awards in 2021. InvestmentNews, Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2023, announced 05/10/2023
  • Outstanding PracticeNTAM received the Award in 2023. InvestmentNews, Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2023, announced 05/10/2023

 

Sustainable Investing 

  • Best performing U.S. asset manager — ShareAction "Voting Matters, 2024," published 1/11/2024. NTAM ranked 33rd overall globally & 2nd among US Index asset managers
  • Founding signatory of Climate Action 100+
  • 8 of 14 PRI Assessment Metrics at or Above Median*. 12 of 14 PRI Assessment Metrics at three stars or higher (2023 PRI report published 12/15/2023)

 

Rankings

  • Special Report on the Largest Money Managers”, P&I 06/10/2024. Ranking based on total worldwide AUM of $1.1T as of 12/31/2023

Worldwide Institutional Assets 14th Largest (worldwide Institutional AUM)

Endowment/Foundation Assets 6th Largest (total worldwide AUM)

Indexed (U.S.) Equity 4th Largest (U.S. Institutional, tax exempt, managed internally)

Indexed (U.S.) Fixed Income 5th Largest (U.S. Institutional, tax exempt, managed internally)

Retirement Solutions 10th Largest Defined Benefit Manager U.S. Institutional, (U.S. Institutional, tax exempt)

  • Multi-Manager 8th Largest Outsourcing Manager “Outsourcing Report,” P&I, 7/4/2024. Based on AUM as of 3/31/2024
  • ETF Sponsor 20th Largest in the U.S. Source: Morningstar & NTAM, based on AUM as of 12/31/2023

About Sustainable Investing

At Northern Trust Asset Management (“NTAM”), we define Sustainable Investing as encompassing all of NTAM’s investment strategies and accounts that utilize values based and norms based screens, best-in-class and ESG integration, or thematic investing that may focus on a specific ESG issue such as climate risk. NTAM’s Sustainable Investing includes portfolios designed by NTAM as well as those portfolios managed to client-defined methodologies or screens. As the data, analytical models and aforementioned portfolio construction tools available in the marketplace have evolved over time, so too has NTAM. NTAM’s Sustainable Investing encompasses strategies and client assets managed in accordance with client specified responsible investing terms (historically referred to as Socially Responsible), as well as portfolios that leverage contemporary approaches and datasets, including ESG analytics and ESG thematic investing.

About the Rankings and Awards shown above

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

ShareAction report “Voting Matters,” 1/11/2024. Northern Trust Asset Management ranked 33rd overall globally and 2nd among U.S. Index asset managers. ShareAction ranked asset managers from IPE’s 2023 top 500 asset managers based on the following criteria: largest 35 asset managers based on AUM, next largest 34 European asset managers based on AUM, next largest 10 U.K. asset managers based on AUM.

*For the full Northern Trust PRI Transparency Report, visit www.unpri.org. Assessment methodology can be found at https://www.unpri.org/reporting-and-assessment/how-investors-are-assessed-on-their-reporting/3066.article

Pensions & Investments - Unless otherwise noted, rankings were published in Pensions & Investments magazine’s 2024 “Special Report on the Largest Money Managers,” and are based on 12/31/2023 AUM. Rankings are calculated based on 411 investment management firms responding to P&I’s online questionnaire. To qualify for inclusion in the rankings, each firm must manage assets for U.S. institutional tax-exempt clients, such as quali­fied retirement plans, endowments or foundations, and answer the minimum required questions. Multi-Manager ranking appeared in “Special Report: Investment Outsourcing,” 7/11/2024 based on P&I data as of 3/31/2024.

InvestmentNews - Excellence Awardee, DEI Organizational Effort was announced by InvestmentNews on June 20, 2024. Diversity Champion & Outstanding Practice Awards were announced by InvestmentNews on May 10, 2023. Awards were decided based on nominations submitted to InvestmentNews’ online survey and decided at the discretion of the publication’s judging panel. To qualify for a nomination, firms must serve the financial advisor profession. NTAM received one of the 9 Diversity Champion firm awards in 2021, and was named a Diversity Champion in 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

About Northern Trust Asset Management

Northern Trust Asset Management is composed of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., Northern Trust Global Investments Limited, Northern Trust Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited, Northern Trust Global Investments Japan, K.K., NT Global Advisors, Inc., 50 South Capital Advisors, LLC, Northern Trust Asset Management Australia Pty Ltd, and investment personnel of The Northern Trust Company of Hong Kong Limited and The Northern Trust Company.

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