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  • Trade flow data: Through the looking glass

    In the following piece, we highlight recent research concerning the accuracy (or inaccuracy) of international trade statistics, before discussing the contribution that alternative data sources can make to verifying and supplementing official numbers.
    Intelligence 27 Feb 2019
  • February Tidbits: The Opening of Chaos

    In this month’s tidbits, we journey into international waters with coverage of domestic alt data events in China and Japan, before moving onto a data provider traction round-up and a new Neudata record for historical data length.
    Tidbits 27 Feb 2019
  • Is there alpha in combining ESG scores with sustainability sentiment?

    We highlight key findings from a Harvard Business School study that combines traditional ESG scores with alternative data sources that measure public sentiment momentum on corporate sustainability performance. The study finds that an ESG factor that goes long on firms with high or improving ESG performance and negative sentiment momentum, and short on firms with low or decreasing ESG performance and positive sentiment momentum delivers significant positive alpha.
    Intelligence 20 Feb 2019
  • Crowding and Alternative Data: Our Analysis and Outlook

    As the use of alternative data within the investment community grows more prevalent, this prompts questions on dataset crowding and its implications for alpha generation. While opinions may be divided on the significance of buy-side client numbers in evaluating a dataset, an analysis of dataset crowding serves as an interesting source of insight into the interplay between supply and demand for different data types. In the following analysis, we explore: (1) levels of dataset crowding across different dataset types, (2) supply and demand for four dataset types: web scraping, web & app tracking, ESG, and location, (3) the types of data that will be most valued by investors in the future.
    Intelligence 14 Feb 2019
  • Agree to disagree: The size of the mobile gaming market

    Although alternative data providers are united on the front that mobile gaming is a steadily growing market, they are, however, divided on its exact size. In this Intelligence report, we historically compare predictions made by three mobile gaming data vendors, and take a closer look as to why there is such a divergence in their estimates.
    Intelligence 6 Feb 2019
  • Lost in Translation: Introducing Natural Language Processing

    The past years have seen an emergence of numerous providers offering either signal outputs or analytics tools that rely on Natural Language Processing. In this Neudata Intelligence piece, we introduce several basic tenants of NLP, a selection of ‘alt data’ applications, and finally ask – how can a prospective user evaluate such products in the pre-testing phase?
    Intelligence 30 Jan 2019
  • January Tidbits: The Changing Face of Credit Card Data

    Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. This month, US transactional data providers gear up for the year ahead, some positive updates from new alt data entrants, and agricultural data saves the day.
    Tidbits 29 Jan 2019
  • The Story of Alternative Data in Japan

    According to industry trends (both anecdotal and empirical), the Japanese alternative data landscape is generally seen to be at an earlier stage of development than its European and US counterparts. In the following piece, we shed some light on the state of the market by looking at (1) domestic demand for alternative data (2) challenges faced by local data providers, and (3) some unique sources of consumer spending data from this region.
    Intelligence 23 Jan 2019
  • Building an ESG ratings methodology with alternative data

    The growing supply of alternative data sources that offer insights into the ESG practices of the firm provides investors with more opportunities to build their own ESG ratings methodology. One that is better suited to a fund’s mandates, investment goals and offers edge. But where to find the data?
    Intelligence 17 Jan 2019
  • Pharmaceutical Patent Analysis: The Factors That Matter

    We explore the relationship between pharmaceutical companies’ patent portfolios and their financial performance. We also discuss the significance of different patent indicators to financial metrics (e.g. sales, market value, ROI) through evaluating findings from several research studies. Finally, we suggest several alternative data providers who can provide analysts with such metrics.
    Intelligence 10 Jan 2019
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