Matthew Peron has been named managing director
of global equity at Northern Trust Asset Management - a newly-created role that brings
together active and index equity teams.

Peron joined Northern Trust in 2005 and was
formerly a managing director of active equity; he has also served as a senior
portfolio manager and director of equity research. Prior to Northern Trust, Peron held senior
risk management and quantitative analyst roles at Alliance Capital, Bank One
and Lincoln Capital Management.

Meanwhile, Northern Trust AM also said that
Nick Dymond, who currently manages the firm’s international equity index
portfolio management team in London, will have an expanded role leading Northern
Trust’s portfolio management teams in Chicago, IL, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Reeder, a 20-year veteran of Northern Trust,
will continue to direct US equity index strategies.

“Our decision to create a combined global
equity platform was the result of thoughtful strategic planning in recent
years,” said Bob Browne, chief investment officer of Northern Trust.  “We accelerated the execution on our
vision when our Managing Director of Global Equity Index and Director of
International Equity Index resigned recently to pursue other opportunities.”

Northern Trust is a provider of
investment management, asset and fund administration, banking solutions and
fiduciary services to corporations, institutions and affluent individuals.

The firm is based in Chicago, IL, but has
offices in 18 US states and 18 international locations across North America,
Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific region.