In this report, we summarize the major developments in the alternative data industry in 2020 based on Eagle Alpha’s proprietary data and insights. Many of these trends and themes will have relevance into 2021 and beyond.
Eagle Alpha rounds up some of the most relevant legal and compliance articles surrounding the alternative data space over the past month.
This publication explores a range of alternative data sources used to monitor the industrial sector.
This article discusses the benefits of tapping external-data sources, illustrated through a variety of examples, and lays out best practices for getting started. These include establishing an external-data strategy team and developing relationships with data brokers and marketplace partners.
Investors are looking for alternative data that can help assess the debt market. Alternative data such as consumer transaction data, B2B invoice data, loan data, and web traffic data could all be applied to credit markets.
Many alternative datasets can be applied to the credit markets as they would be applied to the equity market. For example:
Eagle Alpha rounds up some of the most relevant legal and compliance articles surrounding the alternative data space over the past month.
Facteus is a unique dataset that includes daily transactions from millions of active consumer payment cards (processed daily) including, active personal debit cards and alternative debit cards like General Purpose Reloadable (GPR), gift and reward prepaid cards.
Earnest Research covers 2,500+ TMT companies and thousands of consumer merchants across multiple verticals such as Grocers, Apparel, Travel, Leisure, General Merchandise, and many more.
Advan processes over 5 billion daily foot traffic measurements across over 1 million geofenced locations in the US and Europe with time-series data ranging back to 2015.
Fundamental funds at the early stages of their alternative data journey should consider starting with data providers who offer data that can be applied across sectors and/or provide tools and platforms.
Eagle Alpha rounds up some of the most relevant legal and compliance articles surrounding the alternative data space over the past month.
