Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a provider of consulting services and system solutions, is launched Shingan AD, a new service providing institutional investors with Japanese alternative data and data analysis on 1 December 2019. The use of alternative data in investment decision-making
ExtractAlpha, a provider of unique alternative data sets and predictive models for institutional investors, has launched Insight, a comprehensive alternative data analytics solution for portfolio managers and analysts to understand their portfolio’s exposure to alternative data-driven factors. Alternative data today
BNY Mellon is to begin allowing futures commission merchants (FCMs) to post a wide range of collateral, including corporate bonds, for futures and cleared swaps margins at CME Clearing. FCMs can post the collateral via the CME IEF4 program using
Activist hedge fund investors can deliver positive results for companies, according to new research from Columbia Business School’s Professor Wei Jiang, Arthur F Burns Professor of Free and Competitive Enterprise. Examining the effects of hedge fund interventions specifically on corporate
Para Advisors, an event-driven hedge fund manager with approximately USD200 million of assets under management, has expanded its relationship with Maples Fund Services to include administration for the firm’s onshore funds. Maples Fund Services has served as administrator for Para’s
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Goldman, Sachs & Co over a lack of adequate policies and procedures to address the risk that during weekly “huddles,” the firm’s analysts could share material, nonpublic information about upcoming research changes. Huddles
Crypto market activity slowed significantly during the third-quarter following the summer bull run in crypto asses, but it’s settled at levels notably higher than the previous 12 months, according to a new report The State of Crypto: Bitcoin, Altcoins &
Nasdaq’s Quandl, an alternative data provider, has launched the E-Commerce Intelligence (ECI) dataset, which allows investors to track product-level e-commerce transactions on a near real-time basis. The exclusive dataset follows the day-to-day transactions of 800 brands and 500 companies across
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing and reference data, has partnered with Columba Systems, an independent provider of international future financial events data to both sell-side and buy-side institutions. With this partnership, clients will
Alternative Risk Premia (ARP) funds – a newer breed of ‘hedge fund alternatives’ – passed their first test during the market correction in the fourth quarter of 2018 by outperforming other comparable major asset classes. That’s according to research from
