On June 23rd 2022, we held our Summer Alternative Data Conference in Boston, bringing together the alternative data community for a day of networking, panels, and breakout sessions.
For many private equity funds, vital push factors are driving the move to alternative data. Historically, low-interest rates pushed more investors to consider private equity a viable investment. However, this area's institutional and pension fund allocation has also been a driver for ESG reporting.
This report aims to educate newcomers to the alternative/external data space coming from the commodities sector and provide some clear and relevant use cases supplied by data providers and hosted on our data discovery platform.
Edition 2 of this web scraped data paper considers rapidly developing changes across the alternative data landscape in the later part of 2021 and the first half of 2022.
On April 28th, 2022, five sector leaders joined us for a deep dive webinar into external data for consultants and the success they have seen. These firms are Bain & Co., Ernst & Young, West Monroe, Asgard Data, and Strategy Titan.
On June 2nd, 2022, we hosted a focused 1-hour webinar to update funds and investors on the latest data and use cases relating to alternative data for macro applications.
Access to accurate and timely information is the lifeblood of the insurance industry, and alternative sources of data can contribute to success on a range of fronts including underwriting, risk mitigation, and claims management.
On May 26th, 2022, at 10 am EST, we were joined by Saeed Amen, Co-Founder of TurnLeaf Analytics, Christopher Kantos, Managing Director of Alexandria Technology, and Howard Rees, Chief Commercial Officer of MacroBond Financial.
On April 6th, 2022, we hosted our first in-person event of the year in Midtown New York, bringing together the alternative data community for a day of networking, panels, and breakout sessions.
On April 6th, 2022, we held our UNBOUND conference in midtown New York. This session, led by Apptopia, kicked off with an overview of app data capabilities and the type of insights investors can get from it.
Employment data has continued to see significant interest on the Eagle Alpha data discovery platform. It has been the 4th most popular category over the past 12 months, seeing a 40% YoY increase in the number of employment datasets onboarded.
In this workshop, we were delighted to be joined by employment data experts exploring use cases and trends including the relationship between employee turnover and firm performance, the rise of the chief sustainability officer, and employee perception analysis of DE&I in the Fortune 100.
