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.

In this report, we provide a lay of the land by outlining the various sub-categories, their different applications and the key vendors to know.

We continue to observe sustained interest in corporate advertising spend datasets since we first covered an unprecedented spike in investor interest in 4Q19. In this intelligence article, we revisit specific datasets, client uptake, and use case applicability in a discussion of our refined view of the data landscape.

First, with trade sanctions, and now with the global pandemic, the demand for semiconductors has been steadily surging beyond available capacity. In 2021, the surge has culminated with a shortage that has brought numerous industries to its knees by a tiny, yet ubiquitous, electronic product. In this report, we highlight datasets for readers hoping to navigate this global chip shortage and gain insight into the current state of the semiconductor industry.

Consumer transactional data is undisputedly the most popular type of dataset among Neudata platform users. It is time to review how the payment habits of China’s consumers have been shifting over the past few years and examine the limitations of the current consumer purchase datasets. We will also explore the next frontier of consumer spending data in China.

While hedge funds have been using alternative data for the last 15 years, the private equity community has been a much slower adopter. But with an uptick in data science headcount in the private equity sector, it suggests the narrative is about to change. This article discusses the challenges PE investors face in using alternative data to drive returns and gives some examples of the essential dataset types that all private equity investors should consider for sourcing, due diligence and portfolio performance.

Mobile device panels have faced increased scrutiny from alternative data buyers since Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency framework went into effect in iOS 14.5 in April 2021. In this Intelligence report, we recap Apple’s June 2021 developers conference and discuss how Apple’s latest security updates could impact alt data.

Considered to be one of the largest economies in the world by GDP, India is expected to grow at a rate of 11.7% in FY 2022 despite COVID slowdowns. In this report, we discuss the relevant alternative datasets for readers with an Indian investment universe, especially datasets that monitor the two key components of the country’s economy - services and goods.