In this episode, Gary Collier and James Munro of Man Group, one of the leading multi-asset investment groups globally, discuss the ideation and development of ArcticDB, an embedded, columnar datastore optimized for time-series data.
Dallán Ryan
Looking at Alternative Data Through A Compliance Lens – An Aggregator’s Review
Data compliance has always been an important subject, however, there have been several key events that have paved the way toward where we are today. We are now seeing regulators proactively examining firms’ policies and procedures with more intent. Data sources considered higher risk than others are now found in the regulatory and media spotlight, and varying regional regulations are impacting the funds’ global strategies. This report sets out to review seven of the most prominent compliance callouts for alternative data users and what each theme means for their organization. This list has been curated and agreed upon by our legal partners and various clients over the past quarter and provides further tailored insights into what these global data compliance developments mean for the wider alternative data community.
Economic Trade: Breaking Down Trends With Alternative Data
In today’s globalized world, economic conditions are constantly changing. That is why accurate and early forecasts of global trade flows can provide a good read on economic activity both at the macro and micro levels.
Eagle Alpha Announces Release of Surveyor – The Leading Compliance Workflow Product for Data Vendor Monitoring and Communication Capture
Eagle Alpha is excited to announce the release of ‘Surveyor by Eagle Alpha’, a compliance-focused product to support data buyers and data vendors with due diligence and communication capture.
The Curious Case of TikTok and What Asset Managers Should Pay Attention To
New industries are typically fragmented with numerous small players competing for market share. Industries then consolidate as they become more mature. According to A.T. Kearney’s study, all industries go through a consolidation life cycle which consists of five stages – opening, plateau, concentration, dominance, and reopening. Every company in every industry goes through these stages or disappears. Increased competition, changing regulations, new technologies, and increasing customer sophistication is putting pressure on today’s technology leaders and alternative data vendors. Companies would mostly pursue mergers and acquisitions to gain scale advantages and accelerate growth. A size advantage often lowers costs leading to competitive advantage and to competitive price setting.
Profiting From Data with Sequentum and Schulte Roth Zabel to Discuss The Role of Compliance Technology for the Alternative Data Initiative
On this episode, New York law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel and web data provider Sequentum joined to discuss the impact new technologies have had on improving data compliance, where future technology advancements can help organizations most in the compliance process, and working together to develop a more robust understanding of both buyer and vendor perspective in the data compliance process.
Eagle Alpha’s 2022 Buyside and Vendor Survey
Buyside funds and data vendors with varying levels of alternative data experience completed detailed surveys over a one-month period in late 2022. This report highlights the key takeaways from these surveys across data discovery, trialing, productization, conversions & renewals, challenges, and ROI.
Eagle Alpha’s Hackathon 6 Winner – System2 & Team PandaGon – Research Analysis
This January System2 participated in (and won) the Eagle Alpha Next Level Hackathon, blending quantitative data from six different alternative (and traditional) data vendors to evaluate potential gains from using alternative data for systematic investing. Quant strategies are a departure from our regular work of answering questions about company fundamentals, but part of doing data science on demand is being flexible, so here’s what we did.
UNBOUND Conference New York – June 6, 2023
We are excited to return to NY on June 6th for our next event – the largest alternative data conference of Summer 2023.
Eagle Alpha’s Second Annual Alternative Data Industry Report
Eagle Alpha’s second annual alternative data industry report explores industry-wide alternative data growth and trends, M&A in the alternative data vertical, the most engaged research and publications from the year gone by, and outlines the resolve to solve buyer and vendor needs through product development including platforms, improved taxonomy, data connectivity, and compliance features.