Optimize security, liquidity, yield, operating efficiency and cost as your requirements develop.

As market conditions evolve, so do investors’ requirements around cash and liquidity. Northern Trust’s services, capabilities, and consultative approach can support your investment program from end-to-end, as well as help you explore potential sources and uses of liquidity.

Market pressures on liquidity mean institutional investors are constantly seeking to maximize efficiencies in their use of cash and manage counterparty exposure appropriately.

For many investors their requirements vary according to the balancing of their priorities around security, liquidity, yield, operating efficiency and cost.

Northern Trust has developed solutions ranging from short-term commingled cash funds to the provision of interest-bearing accounts and cash investment facilities – to help clients make optimum use of cash in line with their strategies and guidelines. Our solutions available include:
  • Collateral management and optimization solutions
  • Interest-bearing accounts
  • Time deposits and evergreen deposits
  • Use of cash vehicles and money market fund investing

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Cash: An Asset in Adolescence
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Whether investors are seeking to obtain a return on un-invested cash or find liquidity to support investment strategies, they face an array of challenges that have continued to grow in complexity. How can you ensure your you is prepared for both long- and short-term cash management scenarios?

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Find out how else we can help you with your Asset Servicing needs:
Capital Markets Solutions

Maximize investment and execution potential with our innovative solutions across institutional brokerage, transition management, securities lending, and foreign exchange.

Data Solutions

Turn your investment and financial data into actionable insights with our full suite of data solutions.

Cash Management

Make your cash work harder via our extensive array of cash management capabilities.

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

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