Alternative data

Exabel and Datayes launch new Insights Platform to further empower investors

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Monday, June 20, 2022

LONDON, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Exabel, the data and analytics platform for investment teams, has today announced its partnership with Datayes to deliver a powerful new insights capability for Datayes investment research clients.

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  • LONDON, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Exabel, the data and analytics platform for investment teams, has today announced its partnership with Datayes to deliver a powerful new insights capability for Datayes investment research clients.
  • The Datayes Insights Platform will provide hedge funds and asset managers with curated insights based on Datayes' rich China data, for example, China employee recruitment data.
  • The Datayes Insights Platform is part of Exabel's growing partnership program, in which data vendors can use the platform to discover valuable insights in their datasets, demonstrate that value to prospective customers, and deliver a new Insights product that is attractive to a broad audience of financial buyers.
  • In partnering with Exabel, Datayes' clients are now able to more easily connect the dots in a less expensive and time-consuming manner between data and investable insights.

Facteus' Pulse Product Tops Latest Rankings in Predictive Accuracy for Over 65 Public Consumer Companies' KPIs

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Facteus , the industry leader in debit and credit card transaction data, continues to elevate its rankings in Consumer Transaction Data Performance on Maiden Century's IDEA Platform.

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  • Facteus , the industry leader in debit and credit card transaction data, continues to elevate its rankings in Consumer Transaction Data Performance on Maiden Century's IDEA Platform.
  • Maiden Century is the most trusted Alternative Data comparison platform for institutional asset managers, helping data buyers make better decisions based on unbiased, transparent, and quantitative approaches to data analysis.
  • Facteus' new Pulse product showed top rankings for specific KPIs for over 65 public companies, with particular strength in the consumer discretionary, logistics, telecommunications, and video streaming sectors.
  • Facteus is an alternative data and technology company democratizing data insights by safely unlocking valuable data sets and increasing data literacy.

Facteus Unveils Pulse, the Alternative Data Industry’s Most Comprehensive Consumer Transaction Data Product

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Facteus today announced Pulse, defining the next stage for Facteus' debit and credit card transaction data and the Alternative Data industry.

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  • Facteus today announced Pulse, defining the next stage for Facteus' debit and credit card transaction data and the Alternative Data industry.
  • Notable Data Features from Pulse:
    4-5% capture of all U.S. consumer spending
    Representation of all consumer demographics and U.S. geographic regions
    Available through Snowflake Data Share (U.S. regions only)
    "Pulse is a game-changer for Facteus that will catalyze the Alternative Data industry.
  • By creating the largest debit and credit card data set, we're able to serve Alternative Data newcomers and veterans alike as the industry standard for consumer transaction data," said Lorn Davis, Facteus' Head of Product & Strategy.
  • Facteus is an alternative data and technology company democratizing data insights by safely unlocking valuable data sets and increasing data literacy.

Visible Alpha estimates data now integrated into Exabel platform

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

LONDON, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Exabel, the alternative data analytics platform for investment teams, and Visible Alpha, a financial technology company that enhances the investment research process by extracting value from sell-side analyst models, research reports and corporate access events, are delighted to announce that Visible Alpha's data will now be available via the Exabel platform.

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  • LONDON, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Exabel, the alternative data analytics platform for investment teams, and Visible Alpha, a financial technology company that enhances the investment research process by extracting value from sell-side analyst models, research reports and corporate access events, are delighted to announce that Visible Alpha's data will now be available via the Exabel platform.
  • Visible Alpha's proprietary standardized financial and operating data is now live on the Exabel platform, and available to all Exabel users with a Visible Alpha license.
  • Now, Exabel users can access Visible Alpha estimates and actuals to analyze the true operating metrics that drive company and industry performance.
  • Visible Alpha's KPIs can also be made available to all Exabel Insights Platform Partners who have a Visible Alpha license.

Visible Alpha estimates data now integrated into Exabel platform

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Exabel is an end-to-end software platform designed to help an investment team use alternative data in its investment workflow.

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  • Exabel is an end-to-end software platform designed to help an investment team use alternative data in its investment workflow.
  • Visible Alpha's proprietary standardized financial and operating data is now live on the Exabel platform, and available to all Exabel users with a Visible Alpha license.
  • Now, Exabel users can rely on Visible Alpha estimates and actuals to analyze the true operating metrics that drive company and industry performance.
  • Visible Alpha's KPIs can also be made available to all Exabel Insights Platform Partners who have a Visible Alpha license.

Facteus Raises $10M in Funding From Curql Fund to Further Democratize Data Insights With the Largest Transaction Data Portfolio in the Industry

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

While the amount of data generated every year grows exponentially, not all data is equal in its insightfulness and value.

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  • While the amount of data generated every year grows exponentially, not all data is equal in its insightfulness and value.
  • Facteus believes there is enormous value in understanding how people and businesses spend money, said Chris Marsh, Founder & CEO at Facteus.
  • We strongly believe in their vision to democratize Alternative Data insights through their data plus technology combination, said Nick Evens, President & CEO of Curql Collective.
  • Facteus is an alternative data and technology company democratizing data insights by safely unlocking valuable data sets and increasing data literacy.

txtsmarter - Winner of the 2022 A-Team Innovation Award

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

SAN MATEO, Calif. and LONDON, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At today's virtual award show, txtsmarter received the award for the "Most Innovative Use of Alternative Data in Regulatory Compliance." The A-Team Innovation Awards celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that use new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets.

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  • SAN MATEO, Calif. and LONDON, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At today's virtual award show, txtsmarter received the award for the "Most Innovative Use of Alternative Data in Regulatory Compliance."
  • txtsmarter's Founder and CEO Nuri Otus comments: "We are honored to receive this award.
  • txtsmarter, based in Silicon Valley, California, with an office in London, provides a full communications surveillance service for private messaging applications, platforms, and services.
  • txtsmarter, based in Silicon Valley, California, is an Award-Winning Compliance Communications Surveillance Service for private messaging applications, platforms, and services incl.

CargoMetrics Makes Crude Oil Data Available on Bloomberg’s Alternative Data Catalog

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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

The Crude Pack offers unprecedented visibility into global seaborne crude oil flows, broken down by grade of oil, for 60 countries with history dating back to 2010.

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  • The Crude Pack offers unprecedented visibility into global seaborne crude oil flows, broken down by grade of oil, for 60 countries with history dating back to 2010.
  • The Crude Pack represents the longest and most comprehensive history of point-in-time crude oil flows data currently available.
  • The Crude Pack is available through the Alternative Data catalog on the Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point.
  • Bloomberg continues to expand its alternative data offering, allowing Bloomberg clients to access a catalog of curated alternative data, positioned to provide insights in today's market environment.

Nasdaq Survey Uncovers Portfolio Managers’ Top Data Infrastructure Challenges

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Monday, December 6, 2021

NEW YORK, Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today released results from a survey of portfolio managers across the U.S., revealing the top challenges they face in operating a scalable and efficient data infrastructure.

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  • NEW YORK, Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today released results from a survey of portfolio managers across the U.S., revealing the top challenges they face in operating a scalable and efficient data infrastructure.
  • The survey also explored different issues encountered by different types of portfolio managers quantitative, fundamental and quantamental.
  • Of quantitative managers dissatisfied with their organizations data infrastructure, 87% cite inadequate manpower (compared to 67% of fundamental managers) and 60% cite an inability to quickly test new datasets (33% for fundamental).
  • One of the key challenges modern portfolio managers face is getting value from data at scale.

Nasdaq Releases Data Fabric, New Managed Data API Service Available from Nasdaq Data Link

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

Built off Nasdaq Data Link , Data Fabric enables firms to significantly improve data time-to-value and can power investment processes and strategies with new datasets in a matter of days or weeks instead of months.

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  • Built off Nasdaq Data Link , Data Fabric enables firms to significantly improve data time-to-value and can power investment processes and strategies with new datasets in a matter of days or weeks instead of months.
  • The platform provides secure, end-to-end data hosting through fully managed infrastructure and data onboarding services, enabling firms to integrate internal and external data sets quickly to focus on their competitive edge.
  • Through its integration with Nasdaq Data Link, Data Fabric allows clients to use a single API to access hundreds of datasets from Nasdaq and its partners alongside their own internal datasets.
  • For many financial institutions, it is extremely expensive and time-consuming to build out a full data stack and develop reliable internal infrastructure, said Bill Dague, Head of Alternative Data and Nasdaq Data Link.