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STOCKHOLM--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Northern Trust (Nasdaq:NTRS) announced today that it has appointed Struan Malcolm as head of asset servicing sales for Northern Trust in the Nordics.

"We are delighted to welcome Struan back to Northern Trust"

In his new role Malcolm, who will be based in Stockholm, will be responsible for identifying opportunities to market Northern Trustas asset servicing solutions to a diverse client base including insurance companies, pension funds, charities and fund managers across Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway.

Malcolm joins Northern Trust from Nomura where he was most recently senior transition manager responsible for the Nordic region. Prior to this, Malcolm worked at Northern Trust in various roles across the areas of custody, transition management, fund administration and asset management.

aWe are delighted to welcome Struan back to Northern Trust,a said Penelope Biggs, Head of the Institutional Investor Group for Europe, Middle East and Africa. aHis business experience and expertise across both the asset servicing and asset management industry will be particularly valuable as we continue to develop our local solutions to meet our clientsa unique regional requirements.a

Northern Trustas Stockholm office opened in September 2009 to offer global custody and related services to its Nordic clients as close to their home market as possible. Earlier this year, Northern Trust extended its solutions to Nordic clients, attaining a licence to offer asset management expertise directly from the Stockholm office, and appointing Kristina Ilar as head of asset management sales for the region.

Northern Trust has been servicing clients in the Nordics for close to 20 years and works with some of the most sophisticated institutional funds and investment managers in the region. In 2004, Northern Trust became one of the first non-Swedish banks to provide global custody and related services to a Swedish mutual fund, through an innovative partnership with Handelsbanken.

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Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of investment management, asset and fund administration, banking solutions and fiduciary services for corporations, institutions and affluent individuals worldwide. Northern Trust, a financial holding company based in Chicago, has offices in 18 U.S. states and 16 international locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of September 30, 2011, Northern Trust had assets under custody of US$4.1 trillion, and assets under investment management of US$644.2 billion. For more than 120 years, Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader in combining exceptional service and expertise with innovative products and technology. For more information, visit [ www.northerntrust.com ].

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