Alternative data—generally, data generated as a byproduct of other business activities—has been the darling of hedge funds over the past half-dozen years. But after a blinding start, has the alt data ...

Data from Coalition Greenwich shows that alternative data continues to grow rapidly with its perceived value increasing, while firms work towards improving how best to utilise these alt data sets.

Banks and investment firms have increased their consumption of alternative data sets, but there are still challenges around selecting the most relevant data for trading purposes, according to ...

The explosion of alternative data sources, such as satellite images, sentiment analysis, and geolocation data, is having a profound impact on the field of quantitative investing. Analyzing torrents of ...

Data industry association FISD is stepping up its work around creating standards that will lower the cost of using alternative data and contribute to broader use of alt data across the financial ...

Alternative data isn’t a new idea, but what’s new in alternative data and how it’s being used always makes for an interesting conversation. It’s especially enjoyable if that conversation is with ...

Sophisticated investment managers learned long ago that its more and more difficult to find actionable info before the market can react to it from traditional sources of financial data – such as SEC ...