Northern Trust Global Investments, the asset management arm of Chicago-based Northern Trust Corporation, has added to its team in Tokyo with...

Northern Trust Global Investments, the asset management arm of Chicago-based Northern Trust Corporation, has added to its team in Tokyo with the appointments of Shoji Yamada as executive adviser and Osamu Hattori as head of investment management. Mr Yamada will work closely with Northern Trust senior management on business development opportunities in Japan. He comes to NTGI with over 40 years' experience in the banking and pensions industry. He joined from the Mizuho Pension Research Institute where he was chairman from 2001. Mr Hattori joined NTGI from Mizuho Trust and Banking, where he was senior fund manager and chief of the International Bond Team within the Passive/Quantitative Investment Management Office in Tokyo.