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Alternative Data Sourcing Firm Neudata Launches Compliance Service
09/24/2020
UK-based Neudata, which specializes in identifying alternative data sources, announced a new service designed to help alternative data buyers navigate potential compliance issues with the datasets they purchase. The release ...
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Expert Network Guidepoint Remains Committed to Alternative Data While Investing Heavily Elsewhere
09/22/2020
Guidepoint Global, the second largest US-based expert network, is the only major expert network to invest in developing alternative data offerings. Two years since launch, Guidepoint’s Qsight product line remains ...
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Snowflake Joins the Alternative Data Crowd, With a Twist
09/18/2020
Snowflake’s historic IPO debut reflected the company’s promise as a powerful data warehouse – and its ambitions as a data exchange. Over the last three months, the company has aggressively ...
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Alternative Data Platform Thinknum Adds Web Traffic Data
09/16/2020
Thinknum Alternative Data, a leading source of web data, released a new dataset tracking web traffic. The firm has also been expanding international coverage since raising capital last year. The ...
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Indie Boutique CreditSights Embraces Machine Learning
09/15/2020
Leading independent fixed income research firm CreditSights made a minority investment in Alphastream to leverage the Singapore-based fintech firm's machine learning expertise. The move was part of a broader strategy ...
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Wells Fargo’s Research Will Not Be Immune from Layoffs
09/09/2020
Troubled Wells Fargo is reportedly cutting up to 25% of its staff across all business lines and it is unlikely that its low-profit cash equities unit will be exempted. We ...
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Redburn Revenues Slump Further Post-MiFID II
09/04/2020
Redburn, one of Europe’s largest research boutiques, has seen its revenues fall 20% from a high of £96.4 million ($128 million) in the twelve months ended March 31, 2017 to ...
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Why US Broker Research Is More Lucrative: US Commission Payments for Research More Rewarding Than Other Forms of Payment
09/02/2020
Payments to US brokers via commissions average nearly $50,000 per year for research services, substantially higher than the $30,000 average paid via commission sharing agreements (CSAs) and via soft dollar ...
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Bloomberg’s Research Keeps Expanding Despite Doomsayers
09/01/2020
Bloomberg’s proprietary research product, Bloomberg Intelligence, launched a market structure practice led by Larry Tabb, formerly head of the TABB Group. The ongoing expansion of Bloomberg Intelligence undercuts recent predictions ...
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No, AlphaValue Has Not Merged with Baader Bank
08/28/2020
There is a rumor going around that Baader Bank has absorbed AlphaValue after making a minority investment a year ago. The reality is that AlphaValue remains independently owned, despite deepening ...