Of 60 answers

The most named companies in the study, and S&P 500 financials, with how many of their 60 AI answers named them.

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AI visibility statementFinance AI Visibility Study 2026Issued October 14, 2026
Account holder
Statement period
September 23, 2026
when the AI assistants were asked
Account no.
516 of 2,219
its rank by overall score
Place in its category
7th of 22 wealth managers
Closing balance

Named in

2of 60 answers

by 2 of 4 assistants

Statement note

What this means for Northern Trust

AI assistants rarely name this wealth manager in their answers: only 2 out of 60 answers. In some of those, they name Citi Private Bank or J.P. Morgan Private Bank as well. Its overall score is 37 out of 100, ranking 516th of 2,219 companies in the study. The website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for AI tool readiness.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about its market, so no question mentioned Northern Trust by name. AI assistants named it in 2 of the 60 answers. Counting only how often it is named, it ranks 82nd of 238 in its sector. The typical investing and wealth company is named in 0.8% of answers.

Named fewer than three times in total. Read this as a sign that AI assistants rarely bring this company up, not as an exact comparison with its peers.

Overall score
37Overall score
  • Visibility8
  • Citations0
  • Sentiment100
  • Site quality80
  • AI readiness21
Summary of account
Named by AI in
3.3%
2 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
25.0%
of the mentions of it and its 5 peers
AI readiness
3/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
43 of 238
by overall score, where the typical investing and wealth company scores 28

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Line itemsSection 01

Every question, and where the company came up

Northern Trust came up on 1 of 15 questions. Open any window to read that answer.

  1. 01Best practices for selecting a financial advisor for multi-generational estate planning needs0/4
  2. 02What is the typical fee structure for financial advisory services for affluent families?0/4
  3. 03Is it beneficial to use a dedicated financial advisor instead of managing your own investments when you are a high-net-worth individual?0/4
  4. 04What should you do if your portfolio performance is underperforming compared to the market benchmarks?0/4
  5. 05Top wealth management strategies suitable for institutional investors0/4
  6. 06How do performance-based fees in asset management compare to flat annual advisory fees?0/4
  7. 07What are the best financial advisory services for families with significant assets in the US?2/4
  8. 08How do discretionary asset management and advisory-only services differ for high-net-worth individuals?0/4
  9. 09Best way to integrate philanthropic goals into a comprehensive wealth management plan0/4
  10. 10Family office vs. traditional wealth management: Which is more appropriate for multi-generational wealth?0/4
  11. 11How can wealth management services assist with succession planning for family-owned businesses?0/4
  12. 12How to address concerns if estate planning recommendations from your financial advisor seem too generic?0/4
  13. 13What are some non-bank options for customized financial advice and trust services?0/4
  14. 14Are comprehensive wealth planning services worth the fees for affluent clients?0/4
  15. 15Alternatives to traditional wealth managers for individuals seeking digital-first investment solutions0/4
Total namedOpenAI: 1/15Claude: 0/15Perplexity: 1/15Gemini: 0/15All assistants: 2/60
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. Across the study, on 50% of the questions where a company is named, only one AI assistant names it.

Transaction detailSection 02

What Perplexity actually said

An answer that names the company

Perplexitynamed the company

“What are the best financial advisory services for families with significant assets in the US?”

For families with significant assets in the U.S., the best financial advisory services are usually multi-family offices, private wealth management teams, and high-net-worth RIAs that provide integrated planning beyond basic investing. Among the firms highlighted in recent rankings and provider descriptions, Mercer Advisors, The Mather Group, Cerity Partners, UBS Private Wealth Management, Northern Trust Wealth Management, and J.P. Morgan Wealth Partners/Wealth Management stand out for affluent and ultra-high-net-worth households.

What to l …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

PayeesSection 03

Where the mentions went

The companies these answers named, and how the mentions were split between this company and its peers.

Also named

CompanyTimes named
  1. 01
    Citi Private Bank
    1
  2. 02
    J.P. Morgan Private Bank
    1

Share of mentions

CompanyShare
  1. J.P. Morgan Private Bank
    37.5%
  2. Northern Trust
    25.0%
  3. Bank of America Private Bank
    12.5%
  4. Citi Private Bank
    12.5%
  5. Wells Fargo Private Bank
    12.5%
  6. UBS Wealth Management USA
    0.0%
ReferrersSection 04

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

  1. 01
    wealthmanagement.com
    16
  2. 02
    smartasset.com
    15
  3. 03
    creativeplanning.com
    14
  4. 04
    nerdwallet.com
    11
  5. 05
    investopedia.com
    11
  6. 06
    wsj.com
    11
  7. 07
    hubbis.com
    10
  8. 08
    fidelity.com
    9
  9. 09
    envestnet.com
    6
  10. 10
    jpmorgan.com
    6

Northern Trust is in the study as a wealth manager.

By assistantSection 05

Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Perplexity
1/15
OpenAI
1/15
Gemini
0/15
Claude
0/15
Market comparisonSection 06

How Northern Trust compares with all 2,219 companies

Every tower is a company in the study, taller for a higher overall score and lit where AI assistants named it. Its own group stays lit. Hover a tower to see it, and click to open it.

What makes up the score

Each part is scored out of 100.

Visibility
8

How often AI assistants name the company, and how that compares with its peers

Citations
0

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
100

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
80

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
21

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Against its sectorSection 07

Compared with investing and wealth companies

238 companies in this sector. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
37
Ranks 43 of 238. Typical company: 28
Named in answers
3.3%
Ranks 82 of 238. Typical company: 0.8%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 140 of 238. Typical company: 29
Against its categorySection 08

Compared with wealth managers

22 companies in this category. The gold tick on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score
37
Ranks 7 of 22. Typical company: 35
Named in answers
3.3%
Ranks 8 of 22. Typical company: 3.3%
AI readiness
21
Ranks 10 of 22. Typical company: 21
AI agentsSection 09

Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and pay through, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Can an AI agent check out here?

Not by itself. Northern Trust publishes none of the agent payment protocols we look for. An agent would have to click through the website like a person.

Agent payment protocols
  • x402Not present
  • MPPNot present
  • AP2Not present
  • ACPNot present
  • UCPNot present
Interfaces for AI agents
  • MCP Server CardNot present
  • A2A Agent CardNot present
  • Agent SkillsNot present
  • API CatalogNot present
  • llms.txtNot present
  • WebMCPCould not check
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 86.1%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 87.9%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 1.5%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 4.3%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 6.2%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 31.0%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 92.7%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 2.3%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.3%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 1.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 6.3%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 5.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.2%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.8%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.2%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 1.0%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 0.0%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.2%

Score 25 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.northerntrust.com · 2,200 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

AI readinessSection 10

The checks behind the AI readiness score

3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks

Discoverability

  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.1%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 79.4%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 42.5%

Content Accessibility

  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 7.4%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 28.1%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 97.3%

Bot Access Control

  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 11.5%

API / Auth / MCP

  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 1.1%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 5.2%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 4.6%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.2%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 0.3%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.1%
AI crawlersSection 11

What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 86% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI

  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly

AI search

  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly

Answering questions

  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

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