Amplity Health acquires RealHealthData
Amplity Health, a pharmaceutical commercialisation conglomerate, has acquired RealHealthData, a healthcare data provider that gathers information from electronic medical records within the US.
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Yodlee draws ire of US lawmakers
Consumer transactional data provider Yodlee has come under fire from US lawmakers for collecting the financial transaction data of American consumers and selling it to hedge funds and other investors. -
Ex-Deutsche Bank research head bets on “nowcasting” strategy
Graham Giller, former head of primary research for Deutsche Bank, has launched a research company/family office focused on similar “nowcasting” strategies to those that he developed during his time at the bank. -
Visa acquires Plaid for USD 5.3bn
Visa announced Monday that it would acquire Plaid, a technology provider that develops back-end infrastructure for fintech firms, for USD 5.3bn. The transaction, which will be subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to close within three to s... -
Alternative Data for Healthcare Investors (Part V): Hospital Patient Experience Data
As promised, we continue our series on alternative data for healthcare investors by exploring datasets relevant to the analysis of healthcare providers. Specifically, in this piece, we focus on hospital operators and use cases of patient experience surveys. In doing so, we highlight research findings that suggest a correlation between patient-reported experience and hospital profitability. -
Descartes Labs taps new CEO
Mark Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Descartes Labs, is stepping down from his role at the satellite image analysis firm -
GPIF ramps up data-driven manager selection process
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund is deepening its studies of data-driven methods to ensure diverse manager selection within its JPY 161trn (USD 1.4trn) public pension fund. -
Neudata Intelligence: A Year in Review
This week’s Intelligence report goes meta, looking at our most popular pieces of 2019. We also hear directly from Neudata’s Analysts to understand why they believe these ten were the breakout reports amongst institutional investors. -
An introduction to advertising spend data
In response to a spike in investor interest, we summarise various alternative datasets that track corporate advertising spend. We also highlight use cases of ad spend data for institutional investors, and anecdotal evidence of the correlation between advertising expenditure and stock returns. -
December Tidbits: Naughty or Nice
The year (and decade!) is drawing to a close but developments in alternative data are far from slowing down. In the final tidbits of 2019, we cover complications in clickstream data collection, low-latency BoE audio feeds, and more.
