There is an ever-high demand for market data in China amid the increasing number of investors in the space. This report is the first in a series of intelligence pieces that aims to shed light on China’s market data landscape.

At our New York Winter Data Summit, we discussed ‘what finance bros need to know about the climate crisis.’ In this report, we summarise the themes of this presentation, including how the climate crisis could impact those working in the finance industry, and the investment strategies that can help mitigate the damage caused to the global environment. We also highlight the alternative datasets that can add alpha for short-term climate investment strategies.

Building permit data has a broad range of use cases for investment managers. With interest rates decreasing and construction spending projected to increase, this data has never been more relevant.

After racking up losses of nearly $8bn YTD, Boeing is expected to burn cash well into 2025. In this intelligence piece, we show how alternative data can be used to assess plane makers’ KPIs.

Due to persistent interest in Meta's performance, this report explores datasets to help readers understand its ad revenues using alternative data. While this analysis is directed towards Meta, it is also applicable to other digital advertising platforms such as Google, Pinterest and Snapchat.

Taiwan is crucial to the global AI hardware supply chain, with TSMC leading as the world's largest semiconductor foundry. Notably, six of the top 10 electronics manufacturing services, as reported in 2Q24 corporate earnings, are based in Taiwan. This Intelligence report compiles local datasets that can gauge Taiwan's economic progression, particularly within its vital information and communication hardware manufacturing sector.

Both Apple and Google are major players in tech development and are no strangers to AI. But recent announcements and product launches have raised questions about the extent of their AI capabilities. This intelligence piece attempts to answer these questions to verify whether a company’s AI claims are genuine, by investing in alternative data.

The Japanese equity market has grown since mid-2023, fuelled by the depreciated yen, inflation, and improved corporate governance and performance. In this report, we explore the alternative and market data that can track Japanese retail investor’s behaviours.

Just over a year ago, we provided a bird’s eye view of the quant data landscape – from credit card transactions to sentiment. Today, we revisit this space to discuss the state of the market and how momentum has developed among incumbents and challengers in 2024.

Interest rates remain high, deal flow remains down and private equity firms have adopted new strategies to remain active in the market. This intelligence report seeks to outline some of the trends we have seen in 2024 and analyse how PE firms can use alternative data to better inform new strategies.