
Northern Trust's goal is to be a trusted advisor who understands our client's underlying needs. We recognize each of our clients has a unique investment objective and risk tolerance. As our client needs evolve, reflecting the market and regulatory environment changes, our investment philosophy has adapted. While we continue offering competitive single asset class products and strategies, we see a trend in client requests for integrated investment solutions including investment management in other investment services such as securities lending and transition management.
Northern Trust's broad array of index, quantitative, active and manager-of-manager products combined with our world class asset servicing capabilities allows Northern to develop and implement customized investment solutions ranging from Liability Driven Investing, Portable Alpha, Socially Responsible Investing and Alternatives.
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Stephen A. Hearty |

Stephen Hearty is a Managing Executive for the Client Solutions group within Northern Trust’s asset management business. He oversees the growth and development of the Institutional and Global Family Office Sales and Servicing businesses and helps lead a team of professionals focused on delivering investment solutions using the robust menu of capabilities the firm has to offer. He also has responsibility for our Investment Consultant Relations Team.
Prior to his current role, Stephen was the Group Head for the Large Corporate and Insurance teams in the Corporate and Institutions Services business unit. As Group Head, Stephen managed a team of division managers who serviced large corporate and insurance relationships. He joined Northern Trust in 1996 as a senior trust relationship manager. He was promoted to Division Manager in October 2002. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Stephen spent 11 years with National City Bank in Cleveland, Ohio in various roles leading the asset servicing business.
Stephen received his B.S. in business administration with a finance major from Miami University.
