October Tidbits: Spooky Season
In this month’s edition of Tidbits, we explore the alternative data issues that rose from the dead in October and address the US election events that are petrifying supporters on both sides of the aisle.
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Event recap: Healthcare claims, drug trial data help investors determine COVID-19 impact
Investors are using various sources of data to analyse the performance of healthcare companies, particularly as the race to develop better treatments and a vaccine for COVID-19 continues. -
People Moves (29 Oct): ADIA snags senior-level hires in quant research push
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has made several senior quantitative hires in its strategy and planning group, which was set up earlier this year. -
SimilarWeb raises $120m for acquisitions, R&D
Clickstream data provider SimilarWeb has raised USD 120m to grow its platform through acquisitions and internal R&D efforts. -
The Little Black Dress: Alternative Data for Apparel & Cosmetics
According to Coco Chanel, "The best things in life are free. The second best are very expensive." In this Intelligence piece, we attempt to strike a balance between the two by highlighting a variety of free and commercial datasets that are highly relevant to the fashion and cosmetics investor. -
Glassdoor touts direct API access for funds
Glassdoor is encouraging funds to access its labour market data through its direct API, citing a tightening of its standards around sharing its API with third parties. -
People Moves (22 Oct): Acadian, FQS, Point72 and more
In this week's round up, we report on people moves at Acadian Asset Management, FQS Capital Partners, Point72 and more. If you'd like to submit your new job or promotion, email us at press@neudata.co. -
Event recap: Macro, credit investors seek alt data for global view
At our Macro & Credit Deep Dive last Thursday, Neudata analysts Julia Asri Meigh and Nicholas Ravazzani shared the types of data that could be used to track economic activity and recovery, central bank policy and trends in the fixed-income investing space. -
Rethinking how we evaluate and access alternative data
A recent academic paper suggests that institutional investors may benefit from rethinking how they engage with alt data. We summarise the key findings from this research. We also present the authors’ framework for which to evaluate alt datasets. -
Search-ing for the answer
Search volume data features heavily in academic research as a proxy for both investor and consumer attention. In this piece, we consider the strengths and weaknesses of this dataset type, as well as both free and commercially available alternatives (or complements) to the ubiquitous Google Trends.