We summarise a 2021 white paper that explores developments within alternative data and compliance. The paper also recommends several vendor vetting processes and factors to consider when assessing third-party alternative datasets.

We highlight key findings from an academic paper that compared the predicting power of different news-based Economic Policy Uncertainty Indices for gauging 1) the stock price behavior of Chinese public firms and 2) economic trends in China.

We summarise a study that explores a strategy of dynamically hedging long-term exposure to climate risk by hedging news about climate change over the short term.

We summarise a 2021 research that interviewed data leaders and practitioners in the financial services on their in-house AI/ML adoption and development.

We summarise a 2021 whitepaper from the systematic active equity team of a global investment manager, which discusses the lessons that their team has learned using alternative data. The paper also highlights the three “edges” they believe alternative data offers in active equity investing.

We summarise a study that analyses whether ESG ratings and non-consensus between ratings agencies can be used to predict future ESG news sentiment and the associated stock market reaction.

We summarize a study that investigated the impact of ESG screening on fixed income asset pricing, and also explored whether ESG data offers investors an information advantage.

The rate of workforce resignations has steadily increased since the 2007/08 financial crisis. Predicting attrition has never been more critical - excessive turnover can harm business performance as it impedes productivity, increases operational costs and reduces company morale. In this report, we summarise a study that identifies the key drivers of attrition using alternative data sources.

We summarise a recent academic work that investigated how emotions expressed in news can help predict changes in European bond yield spreads.

Chinese retail investors are well-known for their speculative and irrational behavior, and their informational role has often been perceived as “questionable.” We highlight the findings of a research paper that examines the role of retail investors in information discovery and dissemination based on NLP-enabled text analysis.