Northern Trust seeks Asian investment mandates

Northern Trust Global Investments is establishing a capability in its Hong Kong office to market services such as multi-manager products, transition management and securities lending to institutional investors. Its affiliate in custody already has a longstanding presence in Hong Kong and Singapore. And the firm has had a Tokyo office for several years run by Kunihiko Nakao. It already runs custody operations in various regional centres. Thomas Benzmiller, managing director, is t…