May Tidbits: Deep Impact
In this month’s edition, we take a look at web-scraping’s future in the US court system, the state of M&A for alternative data firms and recap our latest virtual events on new global trends.
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People moves (28 May): 1010data, Citadel, Kantar Media and more
In this week's round up, we report on people moves at 1010data, Citadel, Kantar Media and more. If you'd like to submit your new job or promotion, email press@neudata.co. -
Sentifi doubles down on investor focus
Sentifi, a provider of data on trending topics and risk alerts for securities, has launched a new product that detects shifts in market momentum. -
Back to basics: Latin America and alt data (Part 2/2)
In part 2, we continue our assessment of alternative datasets that cover the Latin American market. In this report, we focus on datasets that track agriculture, retail and political risk. -
Investors tap ML for stock picking
Investors are exploring the combination of machine learning algorithms — including deep neural networks (DNN), long short-term neural networks (LSTM), random forest, boosting and regularised logistic regression models — for stock picking purposes. -
Beyond sales: What can foot traffic tell us about other company KPIs?
Below we highlight key findings from an academic paper on the relationship between foot traffic and quarterly KPIs in six different industries. We also draw attention to several alternative data providers relevant to readers interested in applying the research into practice. -
People moves (21 May): Tradeweb, Wall Street Horizon, Quandl, Causality Link
In this week's round up, we report on people moves at Tradeweb, Wall Street Horizon, Quandl and Causality AI. If you'd like to submit your new job or promotion, email press@neudata.co. -
Back to basics: Latin America and alt data (Part 1/2)
Considered by many to be a land of political and economic extremes, Latin America has long been one of the world’s most challenging regions in which to do business. In this report, we discuss a) five key drivers of the Latin American economy – both on a macro and stock-specific level, and b) relevant alternative datasets, local and foreign, for investors with Latin American market exposure. -
Blackfinch adds asset management capability for advisers
Blackfinch Group has launched an asset management business, which replaces its wealth arm and managed portfolio services (MPS) product. -
The Global New Normal conference recap: Navigating the world using data
On 19 May, Neudata hosted a virtual conference for investors in Asian markets to discuss the ways in which the world will change as a result of the coronavirus, and how investors will continue to spot new trends for years to come.