Northern Trust's profit surges on fee income boost, accounting gain
July 17 (Reuters) -Asset and wealth manager Northern Trust NTRS.O posted a more than two-fold jump in second-quarter profit on Wednesday, thanks to higher fee income and an accounting gain of $878.4 million from a stock exchange deal with Visa V.N.
Hopes of a soft landing for the U.S. economy and investor frenzy around artificial intelligence have lifted the stock market to record highs this year, leading to a spurt in Northern's assets under custody.
Trust, investment and other servicing fees rose 6%, to $1.17 billion, driven by a 14% jump in assets under custody or administration to $16.57 trillion.
Fees earned from managing and servicing client assets are the biggest source of revenue for the 135-year old company. Northern provides wealth management, asset management and banking services to institutions, affluent families and individuals.
State Street STT.N and BNY BK.N, which posted results last week, also saw rising client asset values boosting their fee-based incomes.
Chicago, Illinois-based Northern also benefited from a plan to exchange some of its Class B shares in Visa, the world's largest payment network.
Meanwhile, Northern's net interest income - the difference between what it earns on assets and pays out on liabilities - rose 2%, to $522.9 million on a reported basis, driven by higher client deposits. Its NII is highly sensitive to deposit levels and largely driven by client deposit behavior.
Foreign exchange trading income surged 17%, to $58.4 million, driven by higher client volumes.
Northern's earnings allocated to common and potential common shares rose to $884.3 million, or $4.34 per share, in the three months ended June 30, from $323.7 million, or $1.56 per share, a year earlier.
Shares of the company have risen 7.6% so far this year, compared to a 9.5% and 24.9% jump, respectively, for peers State Street and BNY.
Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
Related Assets
Latest News
Disclaimer: The XM Group entities provide execution-only service and access to our Online Trading Facility, permitting a person to view and/or use the content available on or via the website, is not intended to change or expand on this, nor does it change or expand on this. Such access and use are always subject to: (i) Terms and Conditions; (ii) Risk Warnings; and (iii) Full Disclaimer. Such content is therefore provided as no more than general information. Particularly, please be aware that the contents of our Online Trading Facility are neither a solicitation, nor an offer to enter any transactions on the financial markets. Trading on any financial market involves a significant level of risk to your capital.
All material published on our Online Trading Facility is intended for educational/informational purposes only, and does not contain – nor should it be considered as containing – financial, investment tax or trading advice and recommendations; or a record of our trading prices; or an offer of, or solicitation for, a transaction in any financial instruments; or unsolicited financial promotions to you.
Any third-party content, as well as content prepared by XM, such as: opinions, news, research, analyses, prices and other information or links to third-party sites contained on this website are provided on an “as-is” basis, as general market commentary, and do not constitute investment advice. To the extent that any content is construed as investment research, you must note and accept that the content was not intended to and has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research and as such, it would be considered as marketing communication under the relevant laws and regulations. Please ensure that you have read and understood our Notification on Non-Independent Investment. Research and Risk Warning concerning the foregoing information, which can be accessed here.
