Northern Trust appoints Senior Trader & Client Executive

Northern Trust has announced the appointment of Bun Eng as a senior trader and client executive for the firm's securities lending business in Australia and New Zealand. His appointment follows the establishment of Northern Trust's new Sydney based securities lending trading desk.

Eng joins from Northern Trust's Hong Kong office and will continue to work closely with the global team, providing clients with an extended trading window and local expertise.

Head of Australia and New Zealand at Northern Trust, Madeleine Senior said that "Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region for Northern Trust" and that Australia has an important role to play in further developing that growth.

"Our Australian clients are institutional investors with sophisticated requirements and expanding our capital markets business ensures we are best placed to continue to support them, directly from our offices in Australia."