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This episode features an interview with Femi Opeodu, Head of Data Product and Distribution at CLS Group. Femi began his data journey while at Bloomberg, focusing on growing the commodity side of the business across the globe. His time at Bloomberg helped him realize that if the global economy can be likened to the human body, then foreign exchange is the blood in circulation. Having earned his stripes experiencing how effective alternative data can be for commodities, Femi now works with CLS, a data vendor providing unique and relevant alternative data on the FX market since 2002. On this episode, Femi talks about historic events, such as the fall of Herstatt Bank, that acted as a backdrop for the formation of CLS, the focus on capturing flow, volume, and pricing data for the buyer market, and the importance of focusing on executed trades rather than quotes in FX trading data. He also discusses trends and flows in the FX market and what’s coming down the line for CLS including the expansion of available currencies and increasing frequency of data for clients. Please enjoy this dialogue between Femi and your host, Niall Hurley.

Today’s episode features an interview with Jonathan Kay, Founder, and CEO of Apptopia – a global leader in mobile market intelligence. Jonathan founded Apptopia in 2011 as a competitive intelligence tool for companies with few avenues to digitally benchmark themselves against peers. Now, Apptopia provides accurate estimates of downloads, revenue, and usage for all mobile apps to a wide range of clients, with financial services being the fastest-growing client segment. Jonathan explains Apptopia’s data gathering process, partnering with app developers and collecting billions of publicly available metadata points for their relational algorithms. Additionally, they talk about growth in private markets, the importance of a robust compliance process when dealing with data sources in the media spotlight, regional variations for mobile app data, and what’s to come in 2022. Please enjoy this dialogue between Jonathan Kay, and your host, Niall Hurley.

Once a quarter, Eagle Alpha’s director of data strategy and analytics, Ronan Crosson, is joined by Peter Greene and Ben Kozinn from New York law firm, Lowenstein Sandler. These conversations are part of Eagle Alpha’s client-only monthly legal workshops. In this episode, Peter and Ben discuss this quarter’s most pertinent topic in the alternative data industry surrounding mobile app data provider, App Annie, and the SEC’s decision to charge them with securities fraud. The group addresses the confusion surrounding the use of insider trading law in this securities fraud case, its impact on the decision on the wider market, and provides expert advice for app data buyers following the SEC’s decision. Please enjoy this dialogue between Peter Greene, Ben Kozinn, and your host, Ronan Crosson.

Hello and welcome to Eagle Alpha’s Profiting from Data podcast. Today’s episode features an interview with Vikram Srimurthy and Elizabeth Badolato from EPFR. EPFR provides fund flows & allocations data to the broader market and is a subsidiary of UK firm, Informa...

Once a quarter, Eagle Alpha's director of data strategy and analytics, Ronan Crosson, is joined by Peter Greene and Ben Kozinn from New York law firm, Lowenstein Sandler. These conversations are part of Eagle Alpha's client-only monthly legal workshops. In this...

This episode features an interview with Omri Orgad, Managing Director, North America at Bright Data. Omri has worked with Bright Data for 7 years, witnessing the evolution of the firm from a startup to over 200 employees today. On this episode, Omri talks about...