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Account Resources & Education

How to Invest

Open a New Account or Add to an Existing Account

 

You may open an account or add to an existing account directly with Northern Funds or through Northern Trust and certain other institutions. If you have any questions, call the Northern Funds Center at 800-595-9111.

 

Minimum Investments

  • Minimum initial investment: $2,500 ($500 for an IRA)
  • Automatic Investment Plan: minimum initial investment $250
  • Additional purchases: $50 minimum, except for reinvestments of distributions, which have no minimum
  • Exchanges: $2,500 minimum for new accounts, $1,000 minimum for exchanges between existing accounts

 


Invest directly with Northern Funds by:

Online through Private Passport

You can exchange shares from one Northern Fund for shares of another Northern Fund for accounts with identical registrations through Private Passport.

Exchange

You can exchange shares from one Northern Fund for shares of another Northern Fund for accounts with identical registrations. You can also transfer money from a Northern Trust account to a Northern Funds account through Private Passport if you have online privileges.

 

To open a new account:

  • If you have online privileges with your existing Northern Funds account, you can exchange to a new account through Private Passport.
  • To exchange to a new account by mail, call 800-595-9111 for instructions.
  • $2,500 minimum for new accounts opened by exchange.

 

To add to an existing account:

  • If you have telephone privileges on the account you are exchanging from, you can exchange to another existing account by calling 800-595-9111.
  • If you have online privileges on the Northern Funds account you are exchanging from, you can exchange to an existing account through Private Passport.
  • To exchange to an existing account by mail, call 800-595-9111 for instructions.
  • $1,000 minimum for exchanges between existing accounts.

Automatic Investment

You can establish an account with a minimum investment of $250, rather than $2,500, by establishing an Automatic Investment Plan of at least $50 per month.

 

To open a new account:

Northern Funds
PO Box 75986
Chicago, IL 60675-5986

  • Minimum initial investment: $250; minimum monthly investment: $50.

 

To add to an existing account:

Northern Funds
PO Box 75986
Chicago, IL 60675-5986

  • Minimum monthly investment: $50

 

If you discontinue participation in the Plan, the Funds reserve the right to redeem your account involuntarily, upon 30 days written notice, if the account's net asset value is $1,000 or less. Involuntary redemption will not be made if the value of shares in an account falls below the minimum amount solely because of a decline in the Fund's net asset value.

Wire

To open a new account:

Northern Funds
PO Box 75986
Chicago, IL 60675-5986

 

To add to an existing account:

  • Have your bank wire federal funds to:

The Northern Trust Company
Chicago, IL
ABA Routing No. 0710-00152
Reference the 10-digit Northern Funds account number.
Reference the name on the Northern Funds account.

Mail

To open a new account:

  • Read the Prospectus carefully.
  • Complete and sign a New Account Application.
  • Enclose a check payable to Northern Funds.
  • If you are investing on behalf of a corporation or other entity, your New Account Application must be accompanied by a corporate resolution, certification or other evidence of authority.
  • Mail your check, corporate resolution if needed and completed New Account Application to:

Northern Funds
P.O. Box 75986
Chicago, IL 60675-5986

  • For overnight delivery:

Northern Funds
333 Wabash Avenue
Dept. W-38
Chicago, IL 60604

 

To add to an existing account:

  • Enclose your check made payable to Northern Funds, with the investment slip from your account statement, or
  • Indicate on your check or separate piece of paper your name, address and account number.
  • Mail to:

Northern Funds
PO Box 75986
Chicago, IL 60675-5986


All checks must be payable in U.S. dollars and drawn on a bank located in the United States. Cash, traveler's checks, third-party checks and money orders are not accepted.

Payroll or Government Direct Deposit

You can have your payroll or government check, including Social Security checks, deposited directly into your Northern Funds account.

 

To open a new account:

  • You must first open a new account with the investment minimum before establishing payroll or government direct deposit. See the instructions for opening a new account by mail above.
  • Once your account has been established, follow the instructions for adding to an existing account by payroll or government direct deposit.

 

To add to an existing account:

  • Determine if your employer has direct deposit capabilities through the Automated Clearing House (ACH)
  • Have your employer (or the government for Social Security checks) send payments to:

The Northern Trust Company
Chicago, IL
ABA Routing No. 0710-00152
Reference the 10-digit Northern Funds account number
Reference the name on the Northern Funds account

  • Minimum monthly investment: $50

Dividend/Capital Gain Reinvestment

You can have your dividend and capital gain distributions automatically reinvested in another Northern Fund.

 

To open a new account:

Northern Funds
PO Box 75986
Chicago, IL 60675-5986

 

To add to an existing account:

Northern Funds
PO Box 75986
Chicago, IL 60675-5986

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Shares of the Northern Funds are offered only by a current Prospectus and are intended solely for persons to whom shares of US registered funds may be sold. This site shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of shares of the Northern Funds in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

 

Please carefully read the summary prospectus or prospectus and carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of Northern Funds before investing. Call 800-595-9111 to obtain a summary prospectus or prospectus. The summary prospectus and prospectus contain this and other information about the Funds.

 

An investment in Northern Funds involves risks, including possible loss of principal.

Not FDIC insured | May lose value | No bank guarantee

 

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