The Download 40: 4 New Datasets, 70% of Hedge Funds Expect to Use Alternative Data
PROVIDERS ADDED TO THE DATABASE Survey data tracking consumer behavior and brand perception across global panel of 6mm (2mm U.S.): YouGov Public data including government-sourced datasets aggregated from over 2000 open data portals: Apertio Technologies Sentiment...
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PROVIDERS ADDED TO THE DATABASE
- Survey data tracking consumer behavior and brand perception across global panel of 6mm (2mm U.S.): YouGov
- Public data including government-
sourced datasets aggregated from over 2000 open data portals: Apertio Technologies - Sentiment data on earnings calls using both content and tone of voice analysis: FactSquared
- Sentiment data from financial news and social media: ALASA
UPDATES
- Advan, a geo-location provider, added to the Consumer Edge platform to combine foot traffic with transactional data. (prnewswire)
EVENTS
- Learn 2 Quant - Estimize & Jefferies (November 16 - New York)
- Financial Information Management 2018 - FIMA (November 28 - London)
- See full calendar of upcoming events.
OPENINGS
- Equity Financial Analyst - Asia - Point72 (Hong Kong | Tokyo | Singapore)
- Data Scientist - Aberdeen Standard Investments (London)
- Associate Data Scientist - Guidepoint (New York)
- See other openings for Investment Research, Data Analyst, Data Engineer, and Data Scientist
NEWS & INSIGHTS
- 70% of hedge funds use or expect to eventually use alternative data in their investment process, up from 52% in 2016, according to EY survey. (Full Report, Press Release)
- WSJ reports how banks are increasingly integrating alternative data sources into research reports as well as providing data directly to clients. (WSJ, subscription required)
- Ryan Caldbeck, CEO of early stage consumer goods investment firm Circle Up, discusses using data to inform private equity investing. Data points include Twitter messaging, brand engagement, and image processing of packaging for word count and nutritional information. (Invest Like theBest, podcast)
- Founders of Thasos Group, a geo-location provider, discuss using data from over 100mm phones to track the flow of people across malls, factories, and drilling sites alike. (WSJ, subscription required)
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