The US Supreme Court has requested to hear from hiQ Labs before deciding whether it will take on LinkedIn’s appeal case against the data vendor in its 2020-2021 term.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday that will require exchanges to revamp the public data feeds that provide information on real-time stock prices.  

Alternative data usage is growing among hedge funds, with just over half of managers saying that they currently use the tool as a way to gain a competitive edge. This finding is from a report by the Alternative Investment Management Association (A...

Mobile app data provider Sensor Tower will continue providing data to institutional investors after receiving a USD 45m investment from Riverwood Capital, a technology-focused private equity firm.

Mobile app analytics provider App Annie has laid off an unconfirmed number of its staff, citing changes in the “current macroeconomic climate.”

Despite the recent market volatility and government guidance advising employees to work from home, hedge funds are still maintaining a strong recruiting presence for technical quant roles.

Maxar Technologies has spun off its MDA business unit to a group of private equity investors led by Northern Private Capital.

Earlier this month, location data provider PlaceIQ announced it would acquire Freckle IoT, a Toronto-based retail footfall measurement company

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.

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.