Northern Trust, one of the largest hedge funds and fund of funds administrators globally with $86 billion under administration, is strengthening its Asia franchise by capitalising on the emerging opportunities in the region’s asset servicing space post-Madoff and the recent financial crisis.
Madhu Gayer
The firm, which has large institutional investors such as sovereign wealth funds, state boards, pension funds, central banks, insurance companies as its key clients, will continue that focus but is also starting to see large asset managers, often with hedge fund operations, in Asia emerge as big clients.
“We’re seeing the classic debate—how much do we do in-house and how much do we...