Northern Trust names North Asia head of client asset servicing

Northern Trust, which has been building its regional executive team, has named Margaret Law, previously of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as head of client services for the division in North Asia, excluding China. The role will be similar to the one previously fulfilled by Lawrence Au, the former head of Hong Kong asset servicing, who departed last year for BNP Paribas Securities Services. The position has been restructured to include the development of services in accordance to…