Open banking is a term that is frequently banded around in the context of consumer transaction data – but what do we mean by open banking and why should users of transaction data pay attention to open banking developments?

Global supply shortages and pandemic-driven stimulus measures have been fueling prices in many major economies. Some economists are even starting to throw down terms like ‘stagflation’ and ‘wage-inflation spiral’. Are these price spikes temporary? Or are they a reflection of longer-term price trends?

At Neudata, alternative datasets pertaining to tech stocks, namely SaaS stocks, appear to always be of interest to our readers. In this Intelligence report, we breakdown the data sources that track various performance drivers for SaaS stocks, the key vendors that offer such datasets, and potential dataset challenges for those hoping to onboard such offerings.

Technical and theoretical advancements over the past two decades, coupled with open-source software, has fueled an explosion of sentiment data providers. In this report, we provide a lay of the land, focusing on the three key types of sentiment vendors based on underlying source - news content, social media, and investor communications. Within each category, we highlight use cases, trends, and prominent players.

Exactly one year since we analysed the state of the market, we revisit the clickstream data landscape. We breakdown the vendor ecosystem by output granularity, data collection method, and client uptake.

Most ESG research nowadays focuses on equities, so it has been less clear on how ESG considerations can be applied to fixed income investments. Since 1Q21, Neudata have received numerous requests for ESG data for fixed income instruments, from sovereign bonds, to municipal bond, securitized debt, private debt, senior loans, and large syndicated leveraged loans. We publish this two-part Intelligence report in response to this influx of investor interest.

From fatalities caused by hard rainfall in Zhengzhou, China, to new temperature records set in Canada (49.6°C) — 2021 keeps bringing unprecedented climate-related surprises. In part I, we delve into the mechanics of estimating physical climate risk and highlight the available datasets to monitor and manage it.

The global housing market is currently seeing one of the biggest booms in nearly two decades. House prices are through the roof, and rents appear to be recovering after a period of downturn. In this Intelligence report, we highlight the alternative datasets available to monitor the roaring residential real estate industry.

2020 marked the transition of China's electric vehicle (BEV) market into a brand-new phase, one driven by mushrooming product offerings and the need to meet CO2 targets, instead of government subsidies. Now that the next battlefield for OEMs is to become cleaner and intelligent, we review the alternative data sources available to help understand the automotive industry and the fast-growing EV market in China.

In part III of our ESG data trends report, we discuss 1) the changing regulatory landscape, 2) measuring biodiversity loss, 3) greenwash mitigation, and 4) the industry’s shift towards a multilateral ESG ratings model.