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People moves (25 Jun): Dodge Data, Facteus, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Worldquant and more

In this week's round up, we report on people moves at Dodge Data, Facteus, the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Worldquant, Cubist and more. If you'd like to submit your new job or promotion, email us at [email protected]

News 25 Jun 2020
Managers dig into ESG sourcing, evaluation challenges

As more asset managers explore sustainable investing practices, sourcing and evaluating datasets aligned to environmental, social and governance factors is becoming a larger part of their roles.

Events 25 Jun 2020
SEC, Justice Department team up to oversee exchanges’ market-data feeds

Wall Street’s main regulator and America’s anti-trust watchdog have joined forces to investigate allegations of anti-competitive behaviour among exchanges, including concerns from banks, brokers and traders about market data feeds.

News 23 Jun 2020
People moves (18 Jun): Reonomy, Qube, Schroders, Two Sigma, Man Group and more

In this week's round up, we report on people moves at Reonomy, Qube Research & Technologies, Schroders, Two Sigma, Man Group, Fador Global Consulting and more. If you'd like to submit your new job or promotion, email us at [email protected]

News 18 Jun 2020
Investors turn to data to predict impact of second wave, civil unrest

A combination of fears around a second coronavirus wave, civil unrest and uncertain macroeconomic policy decisions drove US stocks lower last week, but the signs were there according to several vendors who noticed unusual patterns in their data le...

News 17 Jun 2020
Plaid to fight class action lawsuit on its data collection practices

US consumers are alleging that Plaid Inc. — a financial data aggregator that provides the plumbing to connect consumer bank accounts to fintech apps — has not provided adequate protections to the consumers whose data it collects.

News 16 Jun 2020
Palantir eyes IPO

Big data analytics firm Palantir Technologies plans to file an initial public offering in the next few weeks and could start trading in the fall.

News 12 Jun 2020
People moves (11 Jun): RobecoSAM, Manulife, Winton and more

In this week's round up, we report on people moves at RobecoSAM, Manulife, Winton and more. If you'd like to submit your new job or promotion, email us at [email protected]

News 11 Jun 2020
Bombora sues rival ZoomInfo over alleged data collection issues

B2B research company Bombora has filed a lawsuit against competitor ZoomInfo, alleging that the firm’s data collection processes violate US consumer privacy laws and give it an unfair competitive advantage.

News 10 Jun 2020
SEC outlines regulatory thinking on data feeds, short selling

Speaking at the TradeTech Europe Virtual Event on Tuesday, US Securities and Exchange Commission outlined its thinking on regulatory moves the agency has made in the past year.

Events 9 Jun 2020

Alternative Data News and Insight

People moves (25 Jun): Dodge Data, Facteus, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Worldquant and more

Managers dig into ESG sourcing, evaluation challenges

SEC, Justice Department team up to oversee exchanges’ market-data feeds

People moves (18 Jun): Reonomy, Qube, Schroders, Two Sigma, Man Group and more

Investors turn to data to predict impact of second wave, civil unrest

Plaid to fight class action lawsuit on its data collection practices

Palantir eyes IPO

People moves (11 Jun): RobecoSAM, Manulife, Winton and more

Bombora sues rival ZoomInfo over alleged data collection issues

SEC outlines regulatory thinking on data feeds, short selling

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Alternative Data News and Insight

People moves (25 Jun): Dodge Data, Facteus, State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Worldquant and more

Managers dig into ESG sourcing, evaluation challenges

SEC, Justice Department team up to oversee exchanges’ market-data feeds

People moves (18 Jun): Reonomy, Qube, Schroders, Two Sigma, Man Group and more

Investors turn to data to predict impact of second wave, civil unrest

Plaid to fight class action lawsuit on its data collection practices

Palantir eyes IPO

People moves (11 Jun): RobecoSAM, Manulife, Winton and more

Bombora sues rival ZoomInfo over alleged data collection issues

SEC outlines regulatory thinking on data feeds, short selling

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