We are delighted to announce Doug Laney, Principal Data Strategist at Caserta, as the keynote speaker at our NYC conference on January 16th. Mr. Laney, formerly a Vice President and Distinguished Analyst with Gartner’s Chief Data Officer advisory team, and co-founder of the Deloitte Analytics Institute, is considered a data and analytics authority and “Father of Infonomics”. Read more about his book on Infonomics here.
Eagle Alpha, the largest global aggregator of alternative data, announced its continued growth across multiple verticals as 2019 comes to a close. The firm saw its client list grow by 84% as it has entered new verticals to include private equity and corporate buyers, complementing the firm’s extensive relationships with buyside firms.
We are delighted to announce that Eagle Alpha’s New York conference will now include an Expert Hub stream. This will serve as a breakout room where attendees can meet with experts and speakers from our various panel sessions in a more informal small group/roundtable format. This will provide an opportunity for a more technical conversation that should appeal to engineers and data scientists at buyer firms, as well as those in strategic roles.
As the UK prepares for an unpredictable and financially pivotal election on December 12th, investors are arming themselves with alternative data given that pollsters failed to call the last two UK elections and also got it wrong when it came to Brexit and Trump. Investors are turning to news event-driven feeds, social media, web traffic, online search, opinion polls, FX flow data, betting odds and many more datasets to work out how the election might play out. If you really want to get insight into the upcoming election please get in contact at enquiries@eaglealpha.com.
Eagle Alpha released the second edition of its Private Equity whitepaper, “Profiting from Alternative Data”. As more and more capital flows into private markets, investors are turning to alternative data to gain an edge across deal origination, due diligence and post-acquisition. Contact Darren Laheen, our Head of Private Equity (darren.laheen@eaglealpha.com) to receive a copy of the whitepaper, which includes great insights and use cases.
Key Observations from Eagle Alpha’s Alternative Data Conference in London
We just launched Expert Hub as part of our Data Strategy offering, it is a directory of alternative data experts who provide reports, video content, complementary calls and discounted consultancy and training to Eagle Alpha clients. Data Strategy supports and educates our clients on the processes around alternative data. We assist the front office as well as the relevant support teams such as legal, engineering, management, HR etc.
We are excited to announce Elizabeth Pritchard as our Keynote Speaker at our annual Alternative Data Conference in London next week, 15th November. Elizabeth is the Founder of White Rock Data Solutions LLC. Elizabeth has held senior leadership roles with Goldman Sachs, AIG and Crux Informatics. She is a recently appointed Eagle Alpha board member.
Сomplimentary tickets available for data buyers to attend our London conference on November 15th.
On October 21st 2019, we hosted a legal webinar on the topic of PII. Lowenstein Sandler discussed the updated California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its implications for the alternative data industry
