Natural Language Processing (NLP) is an evolving field that asset managers are starting to use in their investment processes.
Alternative data consists of newly available data sources that arise from recent technological changes.
PeerLogix, an advertising technology and data aggregation company, tracks and catalogs over-the-top (OTT) viewership and listenership in order to determine consumer trends and preferences based upon media consumption.
GSAM’s Emerging Markets CORE Equity fund reported impressive results: the returns equaled 52% over a three-year period and assets under management increased by more than 75% in H1 2017.
On July 13th, 2017, Eagle Alpha published a research note analyzing PayPal’s Q2 using email receipt data. Eagle Alpha’s PayPal predictive model suggested better Q2 revenue than consensus estimates.
WorldQuant, a quantitative investment management firm, published an overview article about the alternative data space.
Google Trends is a public web facility based on Google Search that shows how often a particular search term is entered relative to the total search-volume over time across various regions of the world.
Analyzing satellite imagery and obtaining actionable insights is not easy and the main problem is obvious: clouds.
We have seen a significant drive for competition and innovation in the financial system. PSD2 is leading to an evolution of strong customer authentication and digital identity management and control where classic banks no longer own the end-to-end value chain.
Earlier this year, both Citi and J.P. Morgan published reports on asset managers innovating their investment processes with alternative data sources.
hiQ Labs is a tech startup that collects public LinkedIn profiles and sells analytics to companies wishing to improve management of their workforces (e.g. reduce turnover, increase organizational agility).
