Depositary Services
Providing a robust depositary service whilst assisting our clients with regulatory change
Through our active industry leadership and engagement with local regulatory and industry bodies, Northern Trust is ideally placed to help you understand and navigate the changing regulatory landscape.
We leverage our industry experience and expertise gained through years of serving as a depositary in Ireland, Guernsey, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Across EMEA, we work with approximately 1850 funds across five jurisdictions with a value in excess of US$750 billion.
We look to provide a more tailored and effective depositary service, structured to accommodate the nature, scale and complexity of your business.
As an experienced partner, Northern Trust offers you:
- A fully engaged and experienced team of specialists across Europe that provides technical, compliance and operational expertise
- Support for an extensive range of asset classes held in varied fund structures including UCITS/AIFs and third country AIFs
- Services catering for hedge funds, fund of hedge funds, private equity, real estate, money market funds, ETFs, tax transparent funds and credit & debt
- A comprehensive range of depositary solutions including safekeeping of assets, cash flow monitoring and reconciliation & oversight
- One single management structure that promotes an aligned service model across EMEA
Data as of 31 December 2017
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Douglas Gee |
Douglas Gee
Prior to assuming this responsibility in September 2015, Douglas spent four years leading Northern Trust’s Institutional Investor Group (IIG) Business Development team for UK, Ireland and latterly Africa, with responsibility for offering Northern Trust’s services to pension fund, insurance, sovereign wealth fund, central banking and charity sectors.
Douglas has been instrumental in maintaining and developing Northern Trust's focus on the pension fund industry and works with Northern Trust’s Retirement Solution Practice, an advisory group dedicated to helping institutions navigate the complexities of the global retirement market.
Prior to joining Northern Trust, Douglas worked in the IT industry for 12 years, specialising in business development for Morse Group Plc and Computacenter Plc.
He earned a B.Sc. degree, with honours, in Computer Sciences and Politics from University of West England, Bristol, having previously attended Winchester College.