Eagle Alpha rounds up some of the most relevant legal and compliance articles surrounding the alternative data space over the past month.
Alternative data vendors often do not understand the nuances of the fund management industry and the need of the buyside to have datasets mapped to some identifier, symbol or ticker.
Data for oil, industrial metals, dry bulk, and other commodities can be sourced from four main sources.
In this paper, we combine Eagle Alpha’s eight years of experience including thousands of interactions with stakeholders in the alternative data ecosystem, with the output from detailed interviews with veteran alternative data buyers.
Data from SimilarWeb on Salesforce.com (CRM) showed a strong rebound for some key metrics in the June 2020 quarter. CRM reported a strong quarter and raised guidance when it reported in August.
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.
Schroders plc was one of the first discretionary fund managers to speak publicly about their alternative data efforts and is one of the most sophisticated users of alternative data globally.
India’s Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 (“PDPB”), which was introduced in the Indian Parliament in December 2019 after intense debate among domestic and international stakeholders, is expected to become law this year.
OAG is a leading global travel data provider with historic, scheduled flights and actual flight data across the top global airports including the following data points: date, airport codes (to/from), airline, ASMs, number of flights.
The workshop was split into two topics: Trade data and jet tracking data. The workshop also had some brief comments on the class action lawsuit against Yodlee.
Expert Hub contributor Gene Ekster published a paper with Peter N. Kolm from NYU. Gene has recently begun teaching at NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
