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.
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.
Estimize, an open financial estimates platform, launched a series of one-day conferences called Learn 2 Quant.
Greenwich Associates published a new report (attached) that examines how asset managers and hedge funds are finding, using, and benefiting from alternative data sources
Quinlan & Associates published a 50-page report on the use of alternative data in the asset management industry.
Digimind is a social media monitoring and competitive intelligence company that provides information on brands and products in more than 200 languages. We arranged this interview with Digimind Director Ross Martinez to better understand how asset managers could use social media data.
Organizations struggle with an endless flow of data they collect in different formats and from a wide range of sources. Businesses have to deal with the speed of data flows, manage infrastructure costs and ultimately find meaningful insights from all this information.
