As COVID-19 shut down social schedules, many have turned to online casinos to enjoy some form of thrill and excitement. So much so that the online gambling industry has become one of the few business sectors observing strong financial performance amidst a pandemic. In this Intelligence report, we describe how alternative data can be used to monitor this industry.

Last week, Airbnb (finally) filed to go public. Ahead of the firm’s expected stock market debut in December 2020, we list and analyze various types of alternative datasets which could directly help investors better understand company performance.

ESG data – it’s complicated. With an estimated 600+ ESG ratings and ranking existing globally (as of 2018), which ones should investors choose? This report is a short beginner's guide to ESG integration and aims to help investors select the most suitable ESG datasets for their specific investment approach. This report summarises: 1) The different types of ESG data 2) There benefits and limitations 3) The competitive landscape of ESG data providers and outline their use cases

Apple announced new consumer privacy functions at their developers conference in 2Q20. Since, the ad tech industry has been challenged with planning for what is expected to be one of the greatest disruptions to mobile advertising to date. We decode Apple’s privacy changes and highlight the alternative datasets that we expect will be affected from 1Q21.

Alternative data relating to the healthcare sector is often viewed as having a high barrier to entry, in part due to the higher than average subscription prices. We outline where to find free sources of data that are applicable to the US healthcare sector, for those interested in using alt data for healthcare without the significant outlay.

According to Coco Chanel, "The best things in life are free. The second best are very expensive." In this Intelligence piece, we attempt to strike a balance between the two by highlighting a variety of free and commercial datasets that are highly relevant to the fashion and cosmetics investor.

Search volume data features heavily in academic research as a proxy for both investor and consumer attention. In this piece, we consider the strengths and weaknesses of this dataset type, as well as both free and commercially available alternatives (or complements) to the ubiquitous Google Trends.

In part II, we continue our analysis of employment-related datasets. Specifically, we explore the investment use cases and alternative sources for talent tracking, salary data, employee sentiment and labour relations information.

3Q20 saw logistics giants FedEx and UPS observe the best quarterly performance in decades. And with the holiday season just around corner, analyst consensus indicates that this streak might not be stopping any time soon. In this report, we highlight the various alternative datasets available to logistics investors.

A misleading title perhaps, as the complexities, nuances and different varieties of employment-related datasets are anything but basic. We outline the current landscape of human capital and labour market data and summarise how traction has developed across the buyside.