Michael Reece, Chief Data Scientist at Neuberger Berman, published an article sharing his thoughts on the adoption of alternative data sources by portfolio managers.
In January 2018, The Bank of England published a working paper (attached) titled ‘News and Narratives in Financial Systems: Exploiting Big Data for Systemic Risk Assessment.’
On November 30th, 2017, Eagle Alpha organized the first one-day event dedicated to how equity investors are using alternative data. The event was hosted by FactSet at their London offices.
WorldQuant, a quantitative investment management firm, published an overview article on the topic of Big Data stating that ‘access to large diverse quantities of data has the capability to revolutionize our world, but only if we can harness the tools and technology to manage, store and analyze it.’
Clifton Global, an international executive search firm specializing in the placement of quants and big/alternative data executives, published the attached report that examines hiring trends for alternative data focused asset managers.
Heidrick & Struggles is a global executive search firm founded in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. The company recently published a paper (attached) titled “Building a Quantamental Investing Team”
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:
In July and August 2017, Jefferies conducted in-depth interviews with nearly 50 asset managers to learn more about their efforts and practices in addressing the explosive growth in data.
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.
Earlier this week, Goldman Sachs announced that Bridgewater’s senior manager Jeff Wecker is joining them as Chief Data Officer. His role will be across all of GS, including GSAM.
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is an evolving field that asset managers are starting to use in their investment processes.
