Healthcare data use cases soar in COVID-19 tracking
Investors are turning to unique sources of healthcare data to track public health outcomes in the face of COVID-19.
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Monitoring global labour markets with alternative data
From setting up home offices to adjusting to their new unemployment circumstances, hundreds of millions of people all over the world are changing their working patterns to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. -
Healthcare, hospitality and retail datasets find favour in COVID-19 tracking models
At the Neudata COVID-19 Virtual Summit on 9 April, Neudata’s head of research spoke to attendees about the most popular datasets that investors are using to track the impact of the virus on global economies. -
Manufacturing, consumer sentiment data tapped to measure China’s “back to work” spirit
After several weeks of using data to measure the negative effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on global economies, the rest of the world is now looking to China to measure the speed and likelihood of a recovery. -
Geospark Analytics hires president for expansion phase
Geospark Analytics, a provider of geopolitical stability indices, has hired Amanda Brownfield as president to execute the company’s upcoming expansion plans. -
Factual merges with Foursquare
Location data provider Factual has merged with Foursquare in an all-stock deal, the companies have announced. -
Consumers reluctant to share transactional, email and medical data
Roughly three-fourths of Americans feel uncomfortable with the idea that third-party data providers could gain access to aggregated, anonymised versions of certain types of data, according to a new survey of American consumers by Neudata. -
Traders use nowcasting to predict COVID-19-related macro market moves
As markets react wildly to the coronavirus pandemic, investors are relying on nowcasting tools like surveys and web-scraping to determine the true size of the macroeconomic fallout. -
López de Prado questions traditional data analysis techniques
Top machine learning researcher Marcos López de Prado is highlighting the power of machine learning techniques for financial data analysis, noting that — contrary to popular belief — ML techniques offer a better guard against overfitting than classical econometrics. -
German court prohibits negative ESG ratings when data is lacking
European courts are restricting ESG ratings agencies from doling out negative sustainability scores when they can’t find enough data to prove how a company is approaching its ESG practices.
