Renaissance and Two Sigma now second biggest hedge funds in US
Forbes
Renaissance and Two Sigma experience explosive growth as investors build enthusiasm for hedge funds that use computers, math and big data to generate big returns. Read More
Transforming the discretionary portfolio manager
Estimize
This long-form piece from Estimize is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the massive upheaval in the discretionary institutional management industry. Read More
Nasdaq unveils alternative data offering
Markets Media
Nasdaq gets in the alternative data game with the announcement of their analytics hub, which combines alternative data with basic machine learning. Read More
Organizing talent to succeed with alternative data
Integrity Research Associates
We agree with Yipit Data’s assessment of how to recruit and organize a team that will succeed with alternative data. Hint: Keep your engineers and your quants very close together. Read More
The hedge fund “Rich List”
Bloomberg View
Bloomberg’s Matt Levine offers his thoughts on the hedge-fund “Rich List”, noting that while the usual suspects cracked the top 5, their actual earnings are less impressive than years past. Read More
The future of AI will be fueled by unstructured data
BostInno
This article predicts that AI will transform business much as electricity did a century ago, but not until AI algorithms properly encompass unstructured data. Read More
Corporate events plus data equals trading opportunity
Markets Media
It may not be the sexiest form of alternative data but Wall Street Horizon’s Barry Star is convinced that rich, detailed corporate event tracking produces returns. Read More
Join Quandl’s webinar: “Wall Street Wants Your Data”
Quandl
Quandl’s webinar on monetizing data for Wall Street is happening Thursday May 25 at 1:00pm ET. Register today to learn everything you need to know about selling your exhaust data. Read More