ADIA hires López de Prado
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has hired Marcos López de Prado as its global head of quantitative research and development.
Alternative Data News and Insight
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Do ESG commitments affect stock returns? Conflicting evidence emerges.
Below we summarise key empirical findings from an academic work that investigates how ESG components affect stock returns of companies in the Eurostoxx 50 Index over the 2010-2018 period. -
People Moves (3 Sept): Ascential, BigOne Lab, CPPIB, Millennium, Orbital Insight and more
In this week's round up, we report on people moves at Ascential, BigOne Lab, CPPIB, Millennium, Orbital Insight and more. If you'd like to submit your new job or promotion, email us at press@neudata.co. -
Flow and positions data: from traditional to alternative
Capital flows constitute yet another aspect of the global economy that has experienced extreme disruption throughout the COVID-19 crisis. In this intelligence report, we provide an overview of around thirty public and private data sources for monitoring country-level capital flows, fund flows, allocations and positioning data, as well as retail investor activity. -
Lawsuits hit transactional data collectors
Firms that collect transactional data are increasingly finding themselves the subject of class-action lawsuits by Americans who allege the companies are collecting and sharing data without consent. -
August Tidbits: Permanency Risk
In this month’s edition, we explore how investors are coping with losing access to Robinhood, recap a class-action lawsuit against Envestnet | Yodlee and take a look at upcoming Neudata events. -
China A-shares: The relationship between IP ownership and financial performance
Published research suggests that there is a relationship between patent ownership and firm-level financial returns for China A-shares. We summarise the findings of this research and also highlight several Neudata-listed data providers that may be applicable for such use cases. -
Alternative datasets for the telecom industry
Following increased client interest, we highlight relevant datasets that can be used to monitor the telecommunications sector. The report will specifically draw attention to datasets that can help gauge consumer churn, market penetration of devices and carriers, and high-level consumer behaviour trends. We also discuss the significant limitations associated with these datasets. -
Beyond 10Ks and 10Qs: Five lesser-known public filings
10Ks, 10Qs, 8Ks, 13Fs, and 13Ds – these are some of the most well-known company filings in the investment management community. While providing a vast amount of information on equities, their performance, and their future, there are a number of filings that offer similar signals but are not paid as much attention to by the buy-side. We draw attention to five such filings. -
People Moves (14 Aug): Reorg, GMO, CausaLens, Critical Mention and more
In this week's round up, we report on people moves at Reorg, GMO, CausaLens, Critical Mention and more. If you'd like to submit your new job or promotion, email us at press@neudata.co.
