Northern Trust Asset Management
Direct Indexing (Tax-Advantaged Equity)
Open
- Assets
- $149B
- Fee a year
- Not disclosed
- Minimum
- Not disclosed
- Tracking error
- Not disclosed
- Investors
- Not disclosed
- Open to
- Anyone
- Lock-up
- None
- Holdings
- Not disclosed
- Benchmark
- Not disclosed
- Custodians
- Not disclosed
- Access
- Through an advisor, on advisor platforms
- Launched
- Not disclosed
- Assets, in detail
- As of 2025-09. $149B AUM in direct indexing (2025-09-30), NTAM press release (2026-01-06). NTAM calls itself a top-three provider of custom tax-managed investments, by Cerulli data at 2025-06-30. NTAM's 2026-02-10 investor deck gives about $150B and $5B+ of 2025 net flows into its Tax-Advantaged Equity suite.
- Fee schedule
- Not published for the product. NTI's Form ADV Part 2A gives SMA fee ranges of up to 0.30% for passive equity and up to 0.65% for quantitative equity. Fees are negotiable.
- Tracking error, method
- Not disclosed.
- Capacity and queue
- Minimum not published. NTAM says it has 35+ years of experience with custom tax-aware portfolios for ultra-high-net-worth clients. Advisors on Envestnet can use it from 2026-01.
Sources
Checked 2026-10. Confidence: medium.
Where to get it
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