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Steven Ferry from Expand Research on Data Management
n November 1st 2018, Eagle Alpha held a Data Forum event attended by sixteen asset management firms. Steven Ferry, the global head of Asset & Wealth Management division of Expand Research, delivered a presentation on the recent data management research.
Interview with Lawrence Brown from Simmons & Simmons on Data Privacy
On November 1st 2018, Eagle Alpha held a Data Forum event attended by sixteen asset management firms. Lawrence Brown, a partner at Simmons & Simmons, delivered the first presentation and covered the topic of data privacy and how to best mitigate the associated risks.
Alternative Data Pointed to Lack of Consumer Interest for New iPhones
Eagle Alpha’s Data Analytics team published two notes in quick succession correctly highlighting a lack of consumer interest for Apple’s iPhones.
JetTrack Data Pointed to Michael Kors’ Acquisition of Versace
JetTrack used its corporate aviation dataset to uncover meetings between Michael Kors and Versace.
Staffing For The Data Deluge - Meeting Notes
On October 4th 2018, Eagle Alpha organized an in-person meeting in NYC together with recruitment firm Options Group. It was attended by eight asset management firms to discuss our latest white paper published on the topic of HR best practices.
Interview with a Data Aggregator
This vendor combines fundamental analysis, quantitative metrics, and alternative data. Using proprietary artificial intelligence and deep-learning algorithms which constantly filter, rank, and sort vast amount of data in order to adapt to changing market conditions.
Staffing For The Data Deluge
This paper is aimed at asset managers interested in learning more about building an internal alternative data group.
Developments in U.S. Data Privacy Initiatives
The implementation of GDPR, and the California passage of data privacy legislation, have made data regulation in the US practically inevitable.
Online Search Data Used to Predict DKS Results
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.
Alternative Data: Use Cases - Edition 5
The purpose of this report is to provide asset managers with examples of how alternative data can be leveraged in investment research. This report is the fifth in a series of reports published by Eagle Alpha.
Asia Pacific Alternative Data Market Update
Niall Hurley, Director of Business Development, provided color on the alternative data market in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region post an event hosted by Eagle Alpha on September 11th in Hong Kong.