The purpose of the first monthly online meeting held on the 20th of February was to discuss several topics at a high level.
This year’s Discovery Day 2018 was held in Miami where global industry leaders shared their extensive knowledge on alternative data to an audience of banks, hedge funds, and asset managers.
We arranged this interview with a provider of mobile & technology data. The vendor tracks more than 3,000 models and 500 brands in 40 countries.
To back-test data, a dataset is divided into a training portion and a testing portion. The typical split of the data is 50/50 or 66/33. A model is built using the training data.
Our CEO attended the Battlefin event in Miami at the end of January 2018. Attendees included anyone interested in alternative data including the sellside (e.g. Jefferies), strategics (e.g. FactSet, S&P), service providers, consultants etc.
Alternative data is non-traditional data that can be used in the investment process. According to our most sophisticated clients, there are already 1,200 alternative datasets available. We split the datasets into 24 categories.
We just published the 3rd Edition of our "Alternative Data: Use Cases" report. The 90-page report details the best applications of alternative data, based on our five years of experience.
We arranged this interview with a provider of geolocation data to learn more about potential applications. The company is connecting real-world signals, from sensors to location data at scale, in one platform.
Eagle Alpha hosted events in NYC (April 26th) and London (July 26th) to discuss the legal considerations of alternative data which were attended by more than 170 people in total.
Deloitte published a new paper (attached) on alternative data discussing adoption, advanced technologies for alpha generation, risks and rewards of using alternative sources. Eagle Alpha is profiled as the leading data vendor. Some key takeaways are presented below:
Socialgist aggregates, organizes, and provides managed access to the rich social media data with their enterprise-level APIs and streaming services. We arranged this interview with Socialgist Managing Partner Mike Madarasz to better understand how the company works with social media data.
