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Index Fixed Income

Cost-effective strategies designed to consistently deliver the market exposure you seek.

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Principles of Investing

Monthly Rebalancing Events Can Create Risk That Must Be Thoughtfully Managed

A disciplined and risk-aware investment process, backed by the size-and-scale of a trillion-dollar operating platform, enables us to keep trading costs down and navigate these key events with confidence.

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Industry Monthly Tracking Error (%) of All Passive Fixed Income Products (< 50bps Tracking Error)

Source: eVestment, Northern Trust Asset Management. Data as of June 30, 2023. The All Passive Fixed Income Universe is sourced from eVestment and consists of 147 total passive fixed income products with trailing 10-year tracking error less than 50 bps. Tracking error and excess returns are based on manager preferred benchmark for each strategy as defined on eVestment. Tracking error measures the standard deviation of the difference between the investment performance of the strategy or fund and that of its Index. There is no guarantee that tracking error targets can be achieved; actual or experienced tracking error can deviate significantly.

Principles of Investing

Delivering Expected Outcomes Requires Scale and a Deep Appreciation for Risk

Replicating an index on any given day is not very difficult, but doing so consistently over several decades requires a deep understanding of how to navigate risk while finding the most efficient sources of return-mimicking exposures.

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Excess Return vs Tracking Error for All Passive Fixed Income (< 50bps TE)

Source: eVestment Analytics, Northern Trust. As of June 30. 2023. All passive Fixed Income universe is sourced from eVestment and consists of 147 total passive equity products with trailing 10-year tracking error less than 50 bps. Tracking error and excess returns are based on the Manager Preferred Benchmark for each strategy as defined in eVestment. Tracking error measures the standard deviation of the difference between the investment performance of the strategy or fund and that of its Index. There is no guarantee that tracking error targets can be achieved; actual or experienced tracking error can deviate significantly. Past performance is not indicative or a guarantee of future results. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in any index.

Approach

Our strategies are thoughtfully constructed to enable investors to closely track their chosen index exposure while benefiting from our integrated global platform backed by scale, experience and infrastructure.

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    All securities investing and trading activities risk the loss of capital. Each portfolio is subject to substantial risks including market risks, strategy risks, advisor risk, and risks with respect to its investment in other structures. There can be no assurance that any portfolio investment objectives will be achieved, or that any investment will achieve profits or avoid incurring substantial losses. No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee returns or eliminate risk in any market environment. Risk controls and models do not promise any level of performance or guarantee against loss of principal. Any discussion of risk management is intended to describe NTAM’s efforts to monitor and manage risk but does not imply low risk.

     

    Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing involves certain risks because the methodology of an underlying index selects and assigns weights to securities of issuers for nonfinancial reasons, a strategy may underperform the broader equity market or other strategies that do not utilize ESG criteria when selecting investments. The companies selected by an index provider as demonstrating ESG characteristics may not be the same companies selected by other index providers that use similar ESG screens. In addition, companies selected by an index provider may not exhibit positive or favorable ESG characteristics. Regulatory changes or interpretations regarding the definitions and/or use of ESG criteria could have a material adverse effect on a strategy’s ability to invest in accordance with its investment policies and/or achieve its investment objective. 

     

    Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
    Performance returns and the principal value of an investment will fluctuate. Performance returns contained herein are subject to revision by NTAM. Comparative indices shown are provided as an indication of the performance of a particular segment of the capital markets and/or alternative strategies in general. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in any index. Net performance returns are reduced by investment management fees and other expenses relating to the management of the account. Gross performance returns contained herein include reinvestment of dividends and other earnings, transaction costs, and all fees and expenses other than investment management fees, unless indicated otherwise. For additional information on fees, please refer to Part 2a of the Form ADV or consult an NTI representative.

     

    Forward-looking statements and assumptions are NTAM’s current estimates or expectations of future events or future results based upon proprietary research and should not be construed as an estimate or promise of results that a portfolio may achieve.  Actual results could differ materially from the results indicated by this information.

     

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