The most valuable data for quants and fundamental investors, how vendors can better prep their data for buyers, and predictions on the datasets most likely to disappear in the second half of 2021.

From tracking consumer shopping habits to assessing the health of travel companies and ensuring that people are complying with stay-at-home orders, geolocation data experienced a renaissance in 2020.

Day two of Neudata's Spring Summit featured panel discussions on NLP, web-scraping, ESG and crypto.

Leading buy-side practitioners and data vendors explained strategies for making the most out of alternative data at day one of Neudata's Spring Summit.

Quant investors responded to the market dislocations that have rattled funds this year, including what happens when previously esoteric trades start to get crowded, how the actions of governments impact investors, and some of the solutions managers can use in the future.

The group discussed the pressure for more transparency in vendor relationships, how standardised due diligence documents have changed data vendor evaluations, and their current views on the state of web-scraping in America.

Panellists discussed the rise of the “freemium” alt data model, including their approaches to evaluation these datasets and tips for vendors who are looking to launch freemium offerings.

At Neudata’s Autumn Summit on Tuesday, Man Group’s Hinesh Kalian spoke about the usefulness of using alternative data to both generate and protect alpha across five buckets: quant, discretionary, private markets, execution and risk management.

At this week’s Autumn Online Summit, Neudata’s head of research Daryl Smith explained the key trends his team has noticed over the last six months in the buyer, seller and regulator space.

Asset managers are paying more attention to datasets that can help them suss out the social and governance factors that are materially relevant to their investing processes, citing a shift toward those factors during the COVID-19 era.