Northern Trust Boosts Peer Comparison for Asset Owners

Northern Trust announced today it has enhanced its peer universe comparison capabilities with the addition of intelligence derived from eVestment universe data. The integration of eVestment’s universes expands clients’ access to a global array of more than 500 manager peer universes across six asset classes and 74 countries.

Through Northern Trust’s Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) peer universe comparison capabilities, clients can compare the performance of investment managers’ decile ranking against a broad universe of manager mandates ranging from public to private markets. By providing access to proprietary and third-party universes, Northern Trust offers comparisons at the investment plan, program, and manager level. eVestment manager universe data is integrated into Northern Trust’s web-based and published reporting applications, offering powerful data with a seamless client experience.

eVestment is a global leader in institutional investment data and analytics. A key feature of the eVestment data is the ability to deliver results to investors across base currencies, providing access to markets outside the United States.

“The collaboration with eVestment differentiates us in the manager peer comparison space,” said Ian Castledine, global head of Investment Risk & Analytical Services Product at Northern Trust. “With the integration of eVestment data into our flexible reporting modules, our clients have a broader, more complete view of their manager’s performance.”

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 offices in the United States in 19 states and Washington, D.C., and 20 international locations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of March 31, 2016, Northern Trust had assets under custody of US$6.2 trillion, and assets under management of US$900 billion. For more than 125 years, Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader for exceptional service, financial expertise, integrity and innovation. Visit northerntrust.com or follow us on Twitter @NorthernTrust.

Northern Trust Corporation, Head Office: 50 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 U.S.A., incorporated with limited liability in the U.S. Global legal and regulatory information can be found at https://www.northerntrust.com/disclosures.

About eVestment

eVestment provides a flexible suite of easy-to-use, cloud-based solutions to help the institutional investing community identify and capitalize on global investment trends, better select and monitor investment managers and more successfully enable asset managers to market their funds worldwide. eVestment’s mission is to help make smart money smarter.

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