Alternative data
Refinitiv Labs Leverages NLP to Track Covid-19 Company News
The company's news tracker, available on the Macro Vitals app, uses language models to classify reports on specific companies.
Waters Wrap: Snowflake Makes its Move (And Ref Data Headaches & Data-Sourcing-as-a-Service)
Anthony explores how Snowflake is trying to win over business in the cap markets, talks about the reference data space, and examines a new breed of data vendors.
Clearwater Analytics to Roll Out New Performance, Risk Modules for Flagship Platform
The modules, which use machine learning to derive predictive insights, are scheduled to go live in Q1 2021.
UBS Evidence Lab Uses Hospital Data to Profile Regional Recoveries
The unit is combining foot-traffic data and proprietary datasets derived from hospitals to develop a better understanding of outbreaks and predict a timeline for recovery.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 207: Vaccine Tracking and Other Alt Datasets
Wei-Shen and Tony talk about alt datasets relating to the pandemic.
Waters Wrap: Exchanges Look to the Cloud (And More on ESG, M&A, and Vaccine Tracking Data)
As exchanges partner with cloud providers to move more functions to the cloud, Anthony wonders if these partnerships could become competitive in the future.
Vaccine Tracking Data—The Next Big Alt Dataset
Investment firms and vendors are searching for signals in healthcare and pharmaceutical data in a bid to get a leg up on a Covid-19 vaccine.
Lazard Asset Management Implements ESG Mapping Tool
The investment manager has developed frameworks to better understand how ESG issues impact individual company performance and sectors.
Waters Wrap: The Problem with Big Ideas (and Some Ramblings on Virtual Desktops & Tech's Blurred Lines)
Isda's CDM leaves banks questioning the way forward; the rise of virtual-desktop infrastructures; generic business intelligence tools become more popular.
Investors Turn to Raw Data Over Ratings in ESG Alpha Hunt
Quants are using data on product returns and employee welfare to pick winners.
TruFactor Aims to Capture Buy-Side Clients
After launching last year with the intent to service telecommunications companies, the alt data provider is looking to carve out a niche in finance.
Apteo Debuts ‘No-Code’ AI Predictive Analytics Platform
Originally conceived to serve the needs of financial professionals, Predictive Insights has a wide range of predictive applications, even beyond capital markets.
Lazard Asset Management Revamps Data Model to Reflect Covid-19 Reality
The firm developed a short-term data strategy to avoid the use of unreliable data and better understand the effects of the pandemic on the market as it evolves.
Advan Research Adds GPS-Based Business Closure, Road Traffic Data
The new datasets will provide investors with insight into which companies are opening locations and generating revenues, and which locations are receiving freight shipments.
Firms Hone Use of New Alt Datasets to Pick Covid-19’s Winners
Investment managers are starting to use alternative data to assess the pandemic’s effect on individual stocks.
CLS Looks for Value in Discarded Data
The FX settlement specialist's information services arm is harvesting years of abandoned data for new projects.
Liquidnet Pilots New Analytics Platforms After Acquisitions
The company's Investment Analytics unit is the combination of OTAS, Prattle, and RSRCHXchange deals.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 200: The Reunion Special
Previous hosts of the podcast, Dan DeFrancesco and James Rundle join Wei-Shen and Tony this week to celebrate the occasion.
Fador Taps Fintech Experts for Advisory Board
Fador has enlisted a cadre of partners who will bring their expertise to his consulting business.
Quants Use Nowcasting As Covid Crystal Ball
Experts from UBS, Unigestion, MIT and QuantConnect discuss the need for nowcasting, and what the alt data boom has made possible in trying to navigate today’s crisis.
FactSet Taps Ex-S&P Exec Reeve to Replace Alt Data Marketplace Head Newman
Following Newman's retirement, Reeve will take on his content products and solutions, including its Open:Factset Marketplace.
Nowcasting Provides Macro Insights, say Active Managers
Using alternative data to understand macroeconomic conditions in almost real time can give investment teams an edge.
Space Exploration: How Will Banks Handle Unwanted, Costly Real Estate, Post-Covid?
Financial firms spend a lot of money on office space, but what happens to that space if more employees are working from home? Perhaps something of a WeWork for fintechs is the answer.
S&P Global Market Intelligence Debuts Marketplace
The data provider has made its new data 'storefront' available after revealing plans to do so earlier this year.