Northern Trust has made two senior appointments in its London based asset management team.

Aaron Overy has been promoted to a senior institutional sales role focusing on the UK market and Nigel Tyler has been named senior index portfolio manager.

Overy was most recently head of asset pooling sales for Northern Trust’s asset servicing business.

Tyler, who will be a senior index equity portfolio manager within Northern Trust’s international index equity team, joins from Blackrock Investment Advisors.

“We are delighted to appoint Aaron to further strengthen our presence in the UK market,” said Hazel McNeilage, managing director for at Northern Trust Asset Management in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Nick Dymond, global head of international index equity at Northern Trust Asset Management, added: “As our global equity index business continues to grow, we are pleased to welcome Nigel to our team to further strengthen our index equity portfolio management capabilities."