Northern Trust is research-driven and forward-looking. Whatever your investment posture - aggressive, conservative, or somewhere in between - you can depend on Northern Trust for recommendations based on the superior intellectual, organizational, and technical abilities of one of the country's most respected financial leaders.

Portfolio managers are supported by a nationally recognized in-house staff of investment analysts, including domestic and international equity and fixed-income experts who concentrate on specific industry groups within their areas of expertise. In addition, portfolio managers rely on input from a team of experts dedicated to credit risk management and research based on a disciplined approach to monitoring and diversifying risk. Indeed, hundreds of asset management firms currently purchase Northern Trust's investment research for use in managing their own portfolios.

Economic Research

• In-house economists perform in-depth analysis on key economic data, forecast interest rates and perform industry/sector analyses.
• International economists focus on foreign markets and economies, an important resource with growing globalization of capital markets.

Equity Research

• Fifteen domestic and three international analysts with average industry tenure of 12 years.
  • Monitor 50 Industries
  • Review more than 300 U.S. companies on in-house stock guidance list
  • Perform fundamental and qualitative research

Credit Research

• Track the credit quality of more than 500 issuers
• Active industry dialogue with outside investment banking firms and rating agencies
• Master eligible list based on multiple internal and external independent sources
• Coordinate review of sovereign risk on international issues

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