Northern Trust Asset Management named John McCareins its managingdirector for the Asia-Pacific region, according to an April 5 press release.

He was previously head of the Retirement Practice OutsourcedChief Investment Officer business, which is under Northern Trust Corp.'s multimanager solutions group.

Northern Trust Asset Management is composed of , , ,Northern Trust Global Investments Japan KK, NT Global Advisors Inc. and the investmentpersonnel of The Northern Trust Co. of Hong Kong Ltd. and Northern Trust Co.