ADDED TO THE DATABASE

• Public data on oil and gas waste by type, volume, and disposal methods. Can be used to understand company practices and potential environmental liabilities: Waste Analytics
   
• Public, web, and various other datasets focused on estimating company expenses in the transportation and trucking sector: Datastoxx
   
• Public and web data focused on ESG factors including employee engagement, CEO perception, workplace quality, and more: Spring Pond Partners

See public database of 430 data providers and tools/services.

UPDATES

• Amenity Analytics, a data provider that analyzes text from financial documents (e.g. corporate filings, earnings transcripts, etc.), raised an $18mm Series B round. (Bloomberg)

REQUESTS FOR DATA

• Data on IMEI numbers for tracking mobile phone production.

If you have this data or know who may, email data@alternativedata.org. Visit Requests for Data page to see all open requests or to make a new request.

EVENTS

• Neudata Conference (May 7 - New York)
   
• Trading Show Chicago - Terrapinn (May 8 - Chicago)
   
• Access & Alpha Conference - Eagle Alpha (May 15 - New York)
   
• Battle of the Quants - Big Data (May 21-22 - New York)
   
• Big Data is the New Currency - Ravenpack (May 23 - London)

See full calendar of upcoming events. 

OPENINGS

• VP of Marketing - YipitData (New York)
   
• Product Manager - Data Experience - YipitData (New York)
   
• Data Scientist - $2.5bn Equity Hedge Fund (Bay Area)
   
• Investment Data Analyst - Balyasny Asset Management (London)
   
• Data Engineer - Balyasny Asset Management (Austin)

See other openings for Investment Research, Data Analyst, Data Engineer, and Data Scientist.

NEWS & INSIGHTS

• CNBC covers alternative data in two articles, discussing:
  • Where data is sourced from a typical consumer path. (CNBC)
  • A general outlook on the alternative data industry, including a great new idea for a commodities dataset: "Some practitioners argue that investors have always used 'alternative' data for prediction — Babylonians would supposedly use the water level of the Euphrates River to forecast what crops would do well in a given year." (CNBC)
     
• The Atlantic profiles satellite data provider RS Metrics and broadly discusses alternative data accessibility across the investor spectrum. (The Atlantic)
   
• With data science talent in high demand, financial firms are sourcing new data hires from non-tech fields and training them on the job. (WSJ, subscription required)
   
• New report from market consultancy Opimas suggests that trading exchanges may increasingly embrace alternative data while looking for new sources of revenue. (BI Prime, subscription required)
   
• Financial Times discusses how data is beginning to be used in the private markets, with several quant funds launching private equity arms. (Financial Times, subscription required)