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Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105780

Filed as NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INCORPORATED

Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 1988, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 15, 2026.

37 years
registered since 1988
$1,245,248,223,540
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
5
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees; other.

Where is Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated located?

Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 8 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated registered with the SEC or a state?

Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1988. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105780.

How much does Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated manage?

Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated reports $1,245,248,223,540 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 15, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated: Regulatory assets under management: $1,026,522,462,807 in the October 2021 data and $1,245,248,223,540 in the October 2026 data, up 21%. Total employees: 615 in October 2021 and 662 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (20,223); high net worth individuals (15,055); corporations or other businesses not listed above (3,627).

Which custodians does Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated use?

Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists The Northern Trust Company (affiliated with the firm) as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/105780

What changed in Northern Trust Investments, Incorporated's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,245,248,223,540

$1,245,248,223,540 as of October 2026, filing dated June 15, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,245,248,223,540.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 20,223 Assets $8,810,144,191 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 15,055 Assets $94,545,125,671 (8%)
Investment companies
Clients 104 Assets $294,532,798,980 (24%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 237 Assets $509,360,651,988 (41%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 330 Assets $110,575,136,788 (9%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1,347 Assets $38,862,786,894 (3%)
Insurance companies
Clients 75 Assets $46,341,438,822 (4%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 29 Assets $30,319,498,722 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 3,627 Assets $111,900,641,484 (9%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
NTI, INC.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1988 (37 years)
Employees
Total: 662. Performing investment advisory functions: 219.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
8 other offices, as of the July 2026 filing
AdmiraltyAmsterdamDallas, TXMelbourneNew York, NYStamford, CTTempe, AZWashington, DC
States registered or notice-filed
52 states or jurisdictions
AKALARAZCACOCTDCDEFLGAHIIAIDILINKSKYLAMAMDMEMIMNMOMSMTNCNDNENHNJNMNVNYOHOKORPAPRRISCSDTNTXUTVAVTWAWIWVWY

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

5 Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$1027B 2021 $1183B 2022 $903B 2023 $1017B 2024 $1115B 2025 $1245B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,245,248,223,540662June 15, 2026
October 2025$1,114,770,223,733674June 18, 2025
October 2024$1,016,556,943,580674July 2, 2024
October 2023$902,656,985,580726September 29, 2023
October 2022$1,183,120,392,585550June 6, 2022
October 2021$1,026,522,462,807615September 27, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,026,522,462,807 in the October 2021 data and $1,245,248,223,540 in the October 2026 data, up 21%.

Total employees: 615 in October 2021 and 662 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. July 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. June 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 200 to 219.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,114,770,223,733 to $1,245,248,223,540 (+12%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Dallas, TX.
    • Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.
    • Added an office in Amsterdam.
  4. February 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
flexshares.comnortherntrust.comntam.northerntrust.comntaminvestmentinstitute.comtreasury-management.com/companies/northern-trust-asset-management

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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