Northern Trust has agreed with Novata, a fintech that provides ESG data for private markets investments, to provide its data to Northern Trust’s asset servicing clients. Northern Trust recently participated in a Series B funding round for Novata. Novata’s data management solution aims to provide asset owners with a clearer view of the ESG impact of private companies on investment portfolios and simplify the ESG data collection process for investors and portfolio companies. Novata’s library includes more than 800 metrics that align to widely accepted standards and frameworks.