Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. This month, we also provide 5 takeaways from our inaugural conference. Other industry updates span ESG, social media, US transaction data, the gaming market and Black Friday.

Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. Examples include: EU-US Privacy Shield issues, lawsuits between power data providers and a case study showing huge disparities between three ESG vendors.

Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. Examples include: a US debit & credit card data provider losing distribution rights, a software analysis provider gaining client traction and a permanency risk warning flag in the world of broadcast data.

Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. Examples include: mobile data provider misery (courtesy of Apple), Brexit helping a Neudata-listed pharmaceutical data provider sell more data, and emojis assisting your sentiment analysis (depending on your viewpoint).

Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. Examples include: a procurement data provider signs up a NY-based quant fund, a clickstream data provider receives its fair share of negative press and an e-receipt data provider reveals their panel has dropped by 75%.

By Daryl Smith, on 13 February 2018 Estimated reading time: 2.5 minutes Around twenty years ago, alternative data and machine learning techniques were being used by a select group of innovative hedge funds and asset managers. In recent years howe...

By Rado Lipuš, on 21 September 2017 Estimated reading time: 4 minutes I was recently on a data panel at a quant conference in New York. Two things surprised me: the large number of family offices approaching me for information about alternative d...