How much does alternative data cost? In our Getting the Price Right series, we leverage our unique position in the industry and proprietary data on pricing to shed some light on this topic. This 3Q22 update of our 2Q20 and 2Q19 analysis provides fresh insight into the state of alternative data pricing.

China hopes to deploy a national standard for environmental statistics and data accounting before 2025. This report summarises datasets that facilitate investors’ efforts to decarbonise their China-related investment portfolios.

Global labour markets have been facing increasing pressure. Skills shortages and imbalances in the demand-supply of labour have been driving inflationary pressures. More recently, recessionary conditions have increased concerns of mass layoffs.

When considering real-time events, we tend to focus on data sources that transcribe and report on breaking news. However, a wide array of sources exist that offer alternative ways of obtaining information beyond an RSS feed. This report summarises methodologies and vendors that can provide insights (and therefore alpha) into events as they happen. We also explore how real-time data can lead to incorrect conclusions, and how to mitigate against this possibility.

The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) is the first federal privacy bill to pass committee markup. In this intelligence piece, we look at the proposed bill’s provisions and consider its potential impact on different types of alternative data.

Nearly one year since we discussed the fallout from App Annie’s SEC settlement, we return to the app data landscape. We analyse the current state of the market, how the leaders distinguish themselves and consider what the future may hold.

Why does it seem that few Japanese alternative data providers adopt natural language processing technology? When a Japanese provider claims to adopt AI-driven NLP for sentiment analysis, we often find it comprises little more than user ratings and supervised text classification. In this report, we will explain the challenges in Japanese language text mining and highlight a few vanguard providers tackling such obstacles in Japan.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) recently published three new data-related regulations, including “Measures on the Security Assessment of Cross-Border Data Transfer”. In this intelligence report, we summarise the latest developments in the Chinese data-related regulatory framework and moves by key industry stakeholders.

We reflect on an area of alternative data that has seen substantial growth and evolvement in the past few years. This report examines some newer applications of natural language processing (NLP) we've begun to see emerge within the alternative data space.

After increased media attention and some discontinuations in the location data market, this intelligence piece looks at some alternative data sources to location data. Use cases for this type of data have typically been associated with tracking short-term mobility patterns. We also explore the data sources that can facilitate an understanding of longer-term human mobility and population dynamics.