Northern Trust Strengthens Foundation & Institutional Advisors Group in Houston

Northern Trust announced today that Shannon Morton has joined the company as a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager for its Foundation and Institutional Advisors (FIA) group. Morton will develop, implement and manage investment portfolios for foundations, endowments and nonprofit institutions. She reports to Patrick Everett, Senior Investment Officer for FIA’s West Region.

Morton has over 20 years of investment management experience. Prior to joining Northern Trust, she was Director and Global Investment Strategist within Blackrock’s Investment Institute. In that role, she developed tactical country, sector and asset allocation models for implementation with iShares ETFs. Morton also served as Director and Portfolio Strategist in the Multi-Asset Strategies Group at Blackrock where she was responsible for the representation of the firm’s model portfolios.

Morton earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and a Major Equivalency in Spanish at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Morton is based in Northern Trust’s Houston office:
2701 Kirby Drive
Houston, TX 77098
(713) 284-1700

About Northern Trust Wealth Management

Northern Trust Wealth Management specializes in Goals Driven Wealth Management backed by innovative technology and a strong fiduciary heritage. Northern Trust Wealth Management is ranked among the top 10 U.S. wealth managers, with $234 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2016, and a wide network of wealth management offices across the United States.

The Northern Trust Company is an Equal Housing Lender. Member FDIC.

About Northern Trust

Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, and affluent families and individuals. Founded in Chicago in 1889, Northern Trust has offices in the United States in 19 states and Washington, D.C., and 22 international locations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of June 30, 2016, Northern Trust had assets under custody of US$6.4 trillion, and assets under management of US$906 billion. For more than 125 years, Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader for exceptional service, financial expertise, integrity and innovation. Visit northerntrust.com or follow us on Twitter @NorthernTrust.

Northern Trust Corporation, Head Office: 50 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 U.S.A., incorporated with limited liability in the U.S. Global legal and regulatory information can be found at https://www.northerntrust.com/disclosures.

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