Month: August 2019

Alternative Data Newsletter #133 – August 30th, 2019

We are extremely excited to announce another pioneering addition to our Data Sourcing solution. Alpha Capture is the first tool to help buyside firms identify and prioritize datasets that deliver actionable, alpha-generating data. With Alpha Capture, data vendors submit trade ideas or forward looking use cases based on interesting insights from their datasets, which gives fund managers the first-ever opportunity to value alternative datasets and ascertain, at scale, the real potential for alpha.

Alternative Data Vendor Newsletter #26 – August 30th

Key Highlights  Alpha Capture First again! We are extremely excited to announce another pioneering addition to our Data Sourcing solution. Alpha Capture will officially launch at AI & Data Science in Trading Conference September 16th. Alpha Capture is the first tool to help buy-side firms identify and prioritize datasets that deliver actionable, alpha-generating data. With … Read more

Alternative Data Vendor Newsletter #25 – August 23rd

Key Highlights  Vendor Solutions Webinar Looking to succeed in monetizing investor data? You don’t want to miss our guest speakers in this month’s webinar:    Corey Dean, Business Analyst at Blueshift Asset Management, LLC    Natalie Aitken, EMEA Investor Sales Director at App Annie   Hear from their experience and gain key insights into how to succeed in the alternative … Read more

Alternative Data Newsletter #132 – August 22nd, 2019

Our new proprietary dataset Ticker Signals tracks investor attention towards stocks of the top 1,000 US companies by market capitalization by analyzing trends of over 3,500 online search terms on a weekly basis. In addition to the high frequency and wide coverage, users have access to 10 years of historical data, mapped to an identifier of their choice. Contact us for a free trial.

Alternative Data Vendor Newsletter #24 – August 16th

Key Highlights  $2.4 Million Funding Raised Eagle Alpha is pleased to announce the latest round of funding of over USD $2.4 million; our largest funding round to date. The funds will be used to further the expansion of Eagle Alpha’s talent and expertise. Eagle Alpha will hire additional data scientists and engineers to strengthen our technical focus.  … Read more

Alternative Data Newsletter #131 – August 14th, 2019

Eagle Alpha’s Sales Signal indicators are showing mixed trends across the retail sector in the July quarter.  For example, the sales signal for Children’s Place is very positive while the signal for Tiffany is down significantly for the quarter. While the Specialty Retail sector index improved sequentially it is still lagging the Restaurant and QSR segment in terms of consumer search interest.

Alternative Data Vendor Newsletter #22 – August 1st

Key Highlights  Platform Update We have added new features to our data vendor platform. Data vendors can now upload documents on their profile themselves. Vendors are encouraged to upload sample data, data dictionary, case studies, and marketing deck to their profile. A dataset profile that includes sample data, data dictionary, and relevant documents, will enable the buyer to understand the deliverable and decide … Read more