In a January 2022 intelligence piece, we highlighted 10 alternative data products that may not survive 2022. Whether their predicted demise was down to management issues, regulatory challenges or lack of commercial success, our hopes were not high for any of the companies. In this follow-up, we look at how they actually fared in 2022 and whether our future gazing got it right.

COP 15, the UN’s biodiversity summit, kicked off last week with a warning from its secretary-general: the degradation of our ecosystem would cost the world $3tn annually by 2030. We share some of our research highlights on the challenges investors face when considering biodiversity in the investment process. We also summarise the data sources that help quantify biodiversity impacts and assign accountability to specific organisations and financial securities.

China’s ambition to become an AI technology leader is widely known. But how far has the application of NLP evolved in the country’s alternative data space? In this intelligence report, we look at popular AI use cases in China, discuss how to assess NLP data vendors, and list three emerging NLP-related services.

Smaller panel sizes and the complexity of working with e-receipt data initially inhibited its adoption. However, recent changes in payments have created a need for the data. The increasing sophistication of e-receipt providers has also made the data more accessible to investors. This intelligence piece considers the advantages and disadvantages of e-receipt data, the current provider landscape and emerging use cases.