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China's Updated Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)
China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) was finalized on the 20th of August 2021 and will come into effect on the 1st of November 2021.
App Annie and Founder Bertrand Schmitt Charged with Securities Fraud by the SEC
On 14th September 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought a securities fraud ruling against leading mobile app data provider App Annie and its co-founder and former CEO and Chairman Bertrand Schmitt.
Data Science & Engineering Alternative Data Survey 2021
In 2021, we surveyed data science and engineering leads at buyside funds. This report summarises the findings from this survey.
Legal Considerations of Alternative Data in Latin America
This regional session took a look at recent compliance news and developments affecting data privacy and alternative data in Latin America, with a particular focus on Brazil. The session focused on two key topic topics relating to the acquisition of data in Brazil: Insider trading & Data privacy.
Eagle Alpha Legal Wrap - August 2021
Eagle Alpha rounds up some of the most relevant legal and compliance articles surrounding the alternative data space over the past month.
Engineering Lessons Learned From Working with Alternative Data with Causeway Capital
This month’s workshop is part two of a two-part series where industry experts speak about lessons learned from working with alternative data. For this session, Thomas Combes was joined by Pete Petersen from Causeway Capital to discuss data science lessons learned from working with alternative data.
Blending Alt Data For ESG Investing
This paper is the result of a collaboration between Eagle Alpha, OttoQuant, and seven data providers brought together for Eagle Alpha’s Data Hackathon in May 2021.
Inflation Data Overview
This report provides an overview of the most relevant alternative datasets for analyzing inflation and is split into six sections.
The ESG-Focused Alternative Data Strategy of a Top Hedge Fund (Case Study)
Every month, Eagle Alpha publishes a case study exploring the successful implementation of alternative data by a buyside fund. The information presented below comes from news articles and other public sources.
The Growing Importance of Alt Data to UK Financial Services Companies
In a report recently published by Oxylabs.io titled “The Growing Importance of Alternative Data in the Financial Services Industry”, high-ranking financial services leaders who responded to the study indicated a huge rise in web scraping activities over the past twelve months.
Data Science Lessons Learned From Working with Alternative Data with GAM Systematic
This month’s workshop is part one of a two-part series where industry experts speak about lessons learned from working with alternative data. For this session, Eagle Alpha’s data science team was joined by Chris Longworth of GAM Systematic.