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.

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.

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.

On Thursday, Neudata’s Daryl Smith, Amy Dafnis and Helena Yu delivered a presentation to the industry on the alternative datasets most well-positioned to forecast China’s recovery efforts, highlight the potential implications for the global healthcare, tourism and travel sectors, and model the disease’s future spread.

As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues to grow, asset managers are seeking out granular healthcare datasets to track the true spread of the disease ahead of officially reported statistics.

PanAgora Asset Management has continued to see strong performance of its quantitative portfolio focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors three years after the strategy was launched.

Neudata presented to clients on the alternative datasets most well-positioned to forecast China’s recovery efforts, highlight the potential implications for the global healthcare, tourism and travel sectors, as well as to model the disease’s future spread.

As the fallout related to COVID-19 continues to ripple through financial markets, European regulators are taking a strong position against short sellers.

As markets tumble around the world, investors are turning to alternative data sources like sentiment analysis to make sense of an escalating global health pandemic and an energy shock that are shaking confidence.

LinkedIn has officially asked the US Supreme Court to review the case it lost against hiQ Labs in the ongoing web-scraping dispute between the two companies.