People moves (7 July 2022): Allspring Global, Sensor Tower, Railpen and more
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Alternative Data News and Insight
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Location data in the crosshairs
Geolocation data has been a contentious subject for compliance teams, but new regulations and political pressure have moved this category of data into the spotlight as one of the riskiest, both in terms of potential privacy violations and the survival of data providers as viable businesses. -
Carbon markets – trends, insights and data sources
Carbon markets provide investors with an opportunity to decarbonise their portfolios and the economy. Soaring carbon prices in recent years also offer non-ESG investors benefits from appreciating prices. In this report, we summarise the current trends in carbon markets, outline their benefits to investors, and highlight the datasets that offer insights into the future dynamics of carbon pricing. -
European markets improved open banking access in 2021
As more countries integrate open banking into their financial systems, it creates more opportunities to collect novel sources of consumer transaction data. -
Machine learning and the Chinese stock market
We summarise the key findings from a recent research paper that examines the features of the Chinese stock market through various machine learning models and analyses the predictability of different machine learning models for Chinese stock returns. -
People moves (30 June 2022): Nowcast, DISQO and Bitvore
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REalyse secures investment to grow sales team
The UK residential real estate data vendor plans to add three new sales roles to its team. -
What happened at Thinknum?
Since the departure of co-founder Justin Zhen last month, what has happened at the data provider? -
Untangling the SFDR: Where to find the data
The interpretation (and as some argue, thoroughness) of ESG considerations can vary substantially throughout investment management. This is where the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is designed to help – creating a common set of disclosures for financial market participants. -
Fitch acquires GeoQuant
Fitch completed its acquisition of the high-frequency global risk metrics data provider.