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Systematic trading strategies built on machine-readable news

We summarise a research paper which showcases how equity investors can use machine-readable news data to create systematic trading strategies. The researcher was able to do so by deriving sentiment indicators from a large point-in-time dataset of news articles.

Literature Review 31 May 2022
Transactional data vendors eye Aussie expansion with new products

Transactional data vendors are taking advantage of Australia’s recently relaxed open banking laws and launching new products that shed light on consumer behaviour in the country.

News 26 May 2022
People moves (26 May 2022): Second Measure, Earnest Research, Point72 and more

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News 26 May 2022
Central bank sentiment – a brief overview

Central banks around the world have been raising rates to tackle inflation. Further increases are expected until the end of the year. Unsurprisingly, this has driven investor interest in analyzing central bank sentiment to anticipate monetary policy changes. In this report, we summarise the data landscape of vendors that offer central bank analytics to determine hawkish/dovish sentiment.

Intelligence 25 May 2022
People moves (19 May 2022): J O Hambro, Yipit, Vatic and more

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News 19 May 2022
The Signal: Buy-side firms are outsourcing data services

In our May edition, we recap a study on outsourced data services, highlight a dataset that can be used to track unemployment levels, and share the names of three vendors that can provide insight into the fundamentals of popular tech stocks like Netflix, Amazon and Ticketmaster.

Signal 18 May 2022
Emerging Markets: Top datasets and future gazing

We reflect on an area of alternative data that has recently seen increased interest from data buyers: emerging markets. We utilise our position in the industry as well as our own proprietary metadata, to look at the alternative data landscape in this relatively obscure region.

Intelligence 18 May 2022
ESG credit ratings and the Big Three

A 2021 paper analysed how Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch, integrate ESG into their sovereign credit ratings. We add to the research’s demarcation between the three methodologies and highlight alternative ESG credit rating providers

Literature Review 17 May 2022
Investment research platforms AlphaSense, Sentieo merge

Investment research platform AlphaSense has acquired competitor Sentieo. Both firms allow customers to semantically search financial documents, like SEC filings, earnings call transcripts, trade journals, news and more. Sentieo will operate under ...

News 12 May 2022
POS data: Products, Problems and Predictions

In this Intelligence report, we conduct an overview of the POS transactional data market. Further, we provide intelligence on potential market entries to the space and how those may impact the market.

Intelligence 11 May 2022

Alternative Data News and Insight

Systematic trading strategies built on machine-readable news

Transactional data vendors eye Aussie expansion with new products

People moves (26 May 2022): Second Measure, Earnest Research, Point72 and more

Central bank sentiment – a brief overview

People moves (19 May 2022): J O Hambro, Yipit, Vatic and more

The Signal: Buy-side firms are outsourcing data services

Emerging Markets: Top datasets and future gazing

ESG credit ratings and the Big Three

Investment research platforms AlphaSense, Sentieo merge

POS data: Products, Problems and Predictions

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Alternative Data News and Insight

Systematic trading strategies built on machine-readable news

Transactional data vendors eye Aussie expansion with new products

People moves (26 May 2022): Second Measure, Earnest Research, Point72 and more

Central bank sentiment – a brief overview

People moves (19 May 2022): J O Hambro, Yipit, Vatic and more

The Signal: Buy-side firms are outsourcing data services

Emerging Markets: Top datasets and future gazing

ESG credit ratings and the Big Three

Investment research platforms AlphaSense, Sentieo merge

POS data: Products, Problems and Predictions

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