The sell side’s alternative data

Bloomberg

Quantitative investors are knocking on the doors of investment banks for access to their usage data. Read More

Quant quake: 2007 and 2017

AQR

Cliff Asness, co-founder of AQR Capital Management, reflects on the 10-year anniversary of the “quant quake”. Read More

Goldman’s quant unit rebuilt

Bloomberg

More quant-quake reflection. A decade after the meltdown, quant funds continue their ascension, but the potential of overcrowding looms. Read More

Neudata releases version two of Scout

International Business Times

Data broker Neudata releases an updated version of ‘Scout’, their digital data intelligence platform. Read More

Alt data provider Thasos on the mobile

Institutional Investor

Thasos, a new alternative data platform out of MIT’s Media Lab, is betting that mobile geolocation data will be the next big source of alpha. Read More »

Blockchain, big data and the value of global trade

International Business Times

Data experts discuss the hidden value of blockchain, the distributed ledger technology that is set to bring transparency to the world’s data. Read More

3Q 2017 fintech analyst note

ValueWalk

ValueWalk highlights current trends in fintech for asset management, bringing alternative data to the forefront. Read More

Going once, going twice:

Quandl

The world’s largest industrial auctioneer, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, surprises investors with a 7% post-earnings run-up. Quandl’s alt dataset explains why. Read More »