Background As a leader in the alternative data space, we make it a priority to stay up to date with legal and compliance issues across the alternative data landscape. A recent ‘Spotlight’ paper we published called Data Privacy and Alternative Data focuses on the data...

In the first article in our alternative data series, we discussed how private equity firms are behind public equity firms when it comes to the adoption of alternative data, and we proposed some practical steps for private equity funds looking to build a strategy for...

Over the course of a three-week period in May this year 24 buyside funds with varying levels of alternative data experience completed detailed surveys on their use of alternative data. This provided Eagle Alpha with one of the richest datasets ever collected on how...

For many PE funds, there are strong push factors driving the move to alternative data. Historically low-interest rates are pushing more investors to consider PE as a viable investment, but how does a PE firm stand out? To stand out you need to show that your data and...

This is the first in a two-part blog series where Eagle Alpha’s Director of Data Strategy and Analytics Ronan Crosson shares his insights into the topic of Geo-location data. In this post, Ronan explores the opportunities presented by Geo-location data, specifically...

The recent short squeeze on hedge fund positions instigated by retail investors on Reddit has garnered many column inches over the last week. However, at Eagle Alpha, we have been helping our clients understand retail investor behaviour for some time now. This week we...