ccording to Arcadia Data, asset management firms increasingly leverage alternative data to enhance their investment strategies and gain an informational edge over the rest of the market.
On July 31st 2018, Eagle Alpha organized an online meeting attended by eleven asset managers to discuss the reasons why, and why not, meetings with data vendors ultimately result in a purchase of the dataset under review.
On July 24th 2018, Eagle Alpha organized an online meeting attended by sixteen asset managers to discuss the topic of sharing ground truth data.
On May 31st 2018, we organized our second Data Showcase event in NYC for asset managers and data vendors. Over 530 1-on-1s took place and our three buyside panels along with our expert panel provided excellent insights into the alternative data space.
The article notes that these investors will leverage alternative data in ways that are materially different than how money managers, whether buy & hold strategies or long/short strategies, are leveraging alternative data.
On May 30th 2018, we organized our first in-person Data Forum conference for buyside firms to discuss important alternative data topics with peers.
On May 9th 2018, Eagle Alpha organized a webinar regarding alternative data and macro investing.
The purpose of this report (attached) is to provide data owners with advice on how to sell their data to asset managers. This report is the first in a series of reports published by Eagle Alpha.
Eighteen asset management firms joined this online meeting held on March 20th 2018.
On March 27th we hosted an event in Hong Kong to discuss the practical aspects of integrating alternative data into the investment process.
