Alternative data
Banks Fortify to Spin Money from Their Own Data
Forays into selling data have been slowed by concerns over confidentiality, internal battles over its use and clean-up work on the data itself. Risk.net's Faye Kilburn reports.
Waters 25: A Look at the Future
Waters canvasses a range of industry opinion leaders about what the defining technologies of the next few decades will be.
Waters 25: A Look Back on the Last Two Decades
Waters examines some of the most important events in financial technology of the past 25 years.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 135: The Most Important Technologies of the Future
After speaking with C-level execs from across the industry, Anthony and James try and connect some dots as to which technologies will most influence the capital markets in the future.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 132: Thasos Group’s CEO Talks Alternative Data
Greg Skibiski joins the podcast to give his views the alternative data space and where it's going.
Nasdaq Adds New Alt Data to Analytics Hub
Nasdaq has bolstered its Analytics Hub with four new sources of alternative data.
FactSet Eyes ‘Full Data Research and Production Environment’ for Alt Data
The new platform will allow users to evaluate alternative data sources available via the Open:FactSet Marketplace.
Bloomberg Adds Orbital Insight Parking Lot Data to Terminal
The move will enable the 325,000 users of Bloomberg terminals to incorporate Orbital Insight's geospatial data into their existing trading and analysis workflow.
Bloomberg Integrates Filtered Twitter Feed to Widen EDF Offering
The data provider uses machine learning and natural language processing techniques to identify relevant topics.
End of Days Data: Climate Content Heats Up
While ESG data is gaining prominence, institutional investors are increasingly looking to incorporate climate change information into the portfolio construction process.
JP Morgan Data Scientist Eyes Insights from Internal Data
The bank’s asset management arm believes that trawling its home waters for data will land a valuable catch. Risk.net’s Faye Kilburn speaks to the data scientist at its helm.
Nasdaq Ropes in Ringrose for Analytics Hub Buy-Side Push
Ringrose's hire is part of an effort to bolster takeup of Nasdaq's Analytics Hub of alternative datasets among buy-side market participants.
TOFIS Panel: Data Linkages Pose Key Challenges to Alt Data Use
Max Bowie reports from Toronto on Canadian firms' opinions of the challenges associated with using alternative data.
CME Group Adds Two Alt Data Providers to DataMine
Alternative datasets from Orbital Insight and TellusLabs are now accessible via CME's DataMine online platform.
Best Alternative Data Provider: Thasos Group
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Data Analytics Provider: FactSet
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Best Real-Time Market Data Initiative: Barchart
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Young Datasets, Inexperienced Talent Make Alt Data Challenging
The relatively nascent alternative data industry is creating challenges for asset managers, specifically when it comes to a lack of historical data and a lack of talent that can interrogate the data.
Nasdaq Names Alt Data Head
Dague will be responsible for analyzing data on Nasdaq's Analytics Hub, and for striking new deals with potential data partners.
Buy Side Lacks Skills to Handle Alt Data, Says Goldman Sachs Quant
Lack of skills for evaluating alternative datasets remains an industry problem, with firms looking to hire data scientists and technologists to make use of the new data.
Reading the Signals: What Does a Company's 'Body Language' Tell Investors?
Applying the principles of analyzing body language to corporate behavior can yield insights into a company’s health or strategies. But what reliable datasets exist in this area, and how effective are they?
Reference Data Standards Reaching ‘Peak Implementation’
The wide adoption of reference data and accompanying standards creates both opportunities and challenges, said Cusip Global Services vice president and COO at the North American Financial Information Summit.
Goldman Sachs Exec: While Valuable, Alternative Data Still Poses Challenges
There is no "golden nugget" of information that will unlock value; the entire workflow is important, according to Goldman Sachs' Javier Rodriguez-Alarcon.
Neudata Adds Ex-Goldman, Euromoney Exec Scibor-Kaminski
Officials say Scibor-Kaminski will be instrumental in the development of original alternative data products.