Northern Trust Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides asset servicing, fund administration, asset management, fiduciary, and banking solutions worldwide. Its Corporate and Institutional Services unit provides asset servicing and related services, including cash management, investment risk and performance analytical services, investment operations outsourcing, and transition management and commission recapture, as well as global master trust and custody, trade settlement, and reporting. This unit also offers securities lending, brokerage, banking, and related services to corporate and public retirement funds, foundations, endowments, fund managers, insurance companies, sovereign wealth, and government funds. The company's Personal Financial Services unit offers personal trust, investment management, custody, and philanthropic services; financial consulting; guardianship and estate administration; brokerage services; private and business banking services; and customized products and services. This unit serves high net worth individuals and families, business owners, executives, professionals, retirees, and established privately held businesses. The company also offers active and passive equity and fixed income portfolio management, as well as alternative asset classes, such as private equity and hedge funds of funds; and multi-manager advisory services and products to institutional and individual separately managed accounts, bank common and collective funds, registered investment companies, exchange traded funds, non-U.S. collective investment funds, and unregistered private investment funds. Northern Trust Corporation was founded in 1889 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.