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Integrated Trading Solutions

Northern Trust's Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS) empowers asset owners and managers to optimize their execution quality and trading operations throughout the entire investment lifecycle.

Optimize Performance

Using our agency-only operating model, we offer a unique combination of global trading expertise and high-quality liquidity, all backed by fully integrated front, middle and back-office services.  Our trading solution is built around your needs, with 24/6 global market coverage and a local presence in each major geographical region. With ITS, asset owners and managers may significantly cut costs, reduce risk, simplify regulatory compliance, and boost transparency and operational efficiency.

Asset Class Expertise in Developed, Emerging and Frontier Markets

Including Equities, Exchange Traded Funds, Fixed Income, Listed Futures and U.S. Listed Options.

Why Northern Trust

By the numbers

$1.3T
Consideration Traded in 2024*

*All figures as of December 31, 2024

80+
MARKETS ACROSS SIX CONTINENTS
450+
EQUITY, FIXED INCOME & DERIVATIVES BROKERS
24/6
MARKET COVERAGE
110+
ITS CLIENTS
4
TRADING HUBS-CHICAGO, NEW YORK, LONDON & SYDNEY

 

Strategic Benefits

 

Concentrate on your core competencies and enhance your competitive edge for alpha

Quality Execution

Our trading desk consistently delivers superior execution quality and our outperformance as evidenced by independent Best Execution* and Transaction Cost Analysis.

Execution to Custody Operating Model

Fine-tuned for efficiency, our execution to custody operating model covers the full lifecycle of a trade from order ingestion to settlement.

Investment Team Alignment

Our seasoned, highly experienced traders provide our clients with a high-touch, consultative service and work closely with investment teams to align alpha strategies.

Corporate Structure

We are an independent, agnostic provider with no limits on our liquidity paths, and we don't offer services that compete with the sell-side: our approach is purely on behalf of our clients.

Access to Liquidity & Extensive Broker Networks

Connect with 500+ brokers and 200+ liquidity pools for trading in public markets, accessing our global model for exceptional liquidity.

Market Anonymity

Our operating model is structured to guarantee anonymity, with our traders acting as a barrier to information leakage.

Risk Management & Compliance

We create policies to adapt to evolving laws, working with clients to manage compliance, reporting, and best execution practices, reducing risk exposure.

Robust, Independent Transaction Cost Analysis

We provide detailed TCA reporting that is actionable and demonstrates we are accountable to our end users.

Stay in the Know

Check out the latest from our team

Examining Key Drivers For Outsourced Trading – With 2XIDEASAnastasios Tafakis, Partner at 2Xideas examines key drivers and considerations for outsourced trading.Read Article
The Multiplier Effect: Increased Trading Efficiency Through OutsourcingWe spoke with Stephanie Farrell, Amy Thorne, and Robert Arnott about the added value asset managers can achieve by evaluating their current service provider stack.Read Article
Asset Managers in the UK and Europe Look to Outsourced Trading to Generate GrowthAsset managers face a key challenge: growing their business through increased distribution, while also navigating the obstacles that come with it. Read Article
How Outsourced Trading can give you a Competitive EdgeIn Amy Thorne’s latest video interview with The TRADE, she explains how Northern Trust works with asset managers to provide a flexible and customisable global outsourced trading service to help them achieve better performance.Read Article
A Seamless Solution to Support GrowthHow Waverton and Northern Trust worked together to implement an aligned, agency-only execution solution through Northern Trust’s Integrated Trading Solutions.Read Article
Doing More with Less: The Outsourced Trading SolutionFor managers that want to increase their distribution, outsourced trading can enhance capabilities while helping to control costs.Read Article

LEADERSHIP

Meet The Experts

Robert Arnott

Robert Arnott

Head of Brokerage, APAC

Stephanie Farrell

Stephanie Farrell

Head of Integrated Trading Solutions, Americas

Amy Thorne

Amy Thorne

Head of Integrated Trading Solutions, EMEA

CLIENT DOCUMENTATION

Northern Trust Securities LLP Order Execution Policy

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Northern Trust Securities LLP Conflicts of Interest Policy

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Our Clients

Our Asset Servicing group offers services and solutions to a wide range of clientele. Some of our key clients include:

Northern Trust Banking & Markets is comprised of a number of Northern Trust entities that provide trading and execution services on behalf of institutional clients, including foreign exchange, institutional brokerage, securities finance and transition management services. Foreign exchange, securities finance and transition management services are provided by The Northern Trust Company (TNTC) globally, and Northern Trust Global Services SE (NTGS SE) in the European Economic Area (EEA). Institutional Brokerage services including ITS are provided by NTGS SE in the EEA, Northern Trust Securities LLP (NTS LLP) in the rest of EMEA, Northern Trust Securities Australia Pty Ltd (NTSA) in APAC and Northern Trust Securities, Inc. (NTSI) in the United States. For legal and regulatory information about our offices and legal entities, visit northerntrust.com/disclosures. View full disclaimer.