Over 80 per cent of hedge funds are using alternative data in some capacity, according to a new survey fro law firm Lowenstein Sandler’s Investment Management Group. The report – Alternative Data = Better Investment Strategies, But Not Without Concerns
While eighty-six per cent of firms have technology in place to comply with the MiFID II European regulation implementation date, the same percentage are currently in the process of re-configuring workflows, while 68 per cent are improving data collection. That’s
QuantHouse, a global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure products, is making Goldman Sachs’ SIGMA X MTF market data will accessible from within the QuantHouse API Ecosystem store. SIGMA X MTF
MSCI Barra (Suisse)’ a subsidiary of MSCI is to acquire Zurich-based environmental fintech and data analytics firm, Carbon Delta (Carbon Delta). Founded in 2015, Carbon Delta is a global leader for climate change scenario analysis. Together, MSCI and Carbon Delta
Nasdaq has partnered with Blockchain Investments & Co, a thesis-driven crypto investment management fund and data provider, to add descriptive, rating, correlation, forecasting and sentiment crypto asset data to Quandl, Nasdaq’s institutional data platform. The new data products are aimed
Following a strong July, CTAs reported positive performance again in August. The SG CTA Index was up +3.45 per cent, adding to gains of over +10 per cent YTD, which would put them on track for their best year since
Fund managers may be unaware as to exactly where and how much money is being spent with brokers due to a failure to fully review all their relationships qualitatively and quantitatively. That’s according to new research from OpenGamma, which reveals
FeedStock, a provider of integrated interaction tracking and analytics software, is partnering with IHS Markit to provide an end-to-end investment research tracking, evaluation and analysis and payments tool for clients in fund management. This alliance will see the delivery of
Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing and reference data, has launched a new Short Interest service. Short interest is a market sentiment indicator that tells whether investors think a stock’s price is likely to
Strooga Consulting is pioneering new research on environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration by drawing on data solutions from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a provider of corporate governance and responsible investment (RI) solutions for the investment industry. ISS’ robust extra-financial
