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November 29, 2004 at 07:00 PM
CHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)–Northern Trust Corp. bolstered its European fund services capabilities Monday by acquiring the administration, custody and trust services units of Baring Asset Management’s Fund Services Group in a deal valued at approximately US$480 million.
ING Group NV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, which owns Baring Asset Management, also said it would sell BAM’s asset management business to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.,* Springfield, Mass. Terms of that deal were not disclosed.
Northern Trust officials said the acquisition of the BAM businesses fits in well with Northern Trust’s European expansion plans. The deal, they said, would complement Northern Trust’s fund services businesses in London, Dublin and Luxembourg.
“The scope of FSG’s business will significantly enhance and expand our global fund administration capabilities, as well as our growing hedge fund, private equity and property administration capabilities,” said William A. Osborn, chairman and chief executive of Northern Trust, in a statement.
Subject to regulatory approval, Northern Trust will acquire BAM’s US$63 billion fund administration business, its US$32 billion trust assets business and its US$28 billion custody business. Northern Trust administered to US$355 billion in assets as of Sept. 30.
The new administration and custody assets of BAM’s Fund Services Group would place Northern Trust in the top-five group of fund administration and custody providers in Dublin, according to Northern Trust officials.
