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Using tonal voice data to measure distress in earnings calls

Most alternative data users will be familiar with applications of NLP-based sentiment analysis on corporate earnings call transcripts, but few are acquainted with sentiment analysis on the audio itself. Below, we review literature that showcase how audio analysis can be used to gauge distress through the tone of C-suite executives in corporate earnings calls.

Literature Review 29 Jun 2021
People Moves (24 Jun): Crux Informatics, Earnest Research, Wejo and more

In this week's round up, we report on people moves in the alternative data industry at Crux Informatics, Earnest Research, Wejo and more. If you'd like to submit your new job or promotion, email us at press@neudata.co.

News 24 Jun 2021
Monitoring Alternative Data Platforms

Alternative data platforms represent an increasingly common source of data, as entrenched market participants such as Bloomberg acquire smaller vendors or rights to redistribute their data. Regardless of the differences in business models across platforms (e.g., AWS, Bloomberg, FactSet, etc.), each platform represents a challenge for buyside compliance teams, given the open-ended nature of the data these platforms provide. This challenge is likely to grow as data providers consolidate proven data.

Sentry 24 Jun 2021
LinkedIn v. hiQ heads back to circuit court for further consideration

The US Supreme Court has vacated a Ninth Circuit court decision that was favourable to web-scrapers as it tries to bring US law in line with its refined interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

News 23 Jun 2021
Exploring alternative data use cases for private equity investors

While hedge funds have been using alternative data for the last 15 years, the private equity community has been a much slower adopter. But with an uptick in data science headcount in the private equity sector, it suggests the narrative is about to change. This article discusses the challenges PE investors face in using alternative data to drive returns and gives some examples of the essential dataset types that all private equity investors should consider for sourcing, due diligence and portfolio performance.

Intelligence 23 Jun 2021
People moves (17 Jun): ADIA, Mintec, 7Park Data and more

Submit your promotions, job changes and open roles to press@neudata.co for inclusion in next week's newsletter.

News 17 Jun 2021
Summer Summit – Day Two: Data for sustainable investing

Day two of Neudata’s Summer Summit focused primarily on alternative data case studies from vendors and explored advances in sustainable investing strategies.

News 17 Jun 2021
Summer Summit – Day One: The quant vs. fundamental approach to alt data

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.

Events 16 Jun 2021
Apple WWDC21: key takeaways for alternative data users

Mobile device panels have faced increased scrutiny from alternative data buyers since Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency framework went into effect in iOS 14.5 in April 2021. In this Intelligence report, we recap Apple’s June 2021 developers conference and discuss how Apple’s latest security updates could impact alt data.

Intelligence 16 Jun 2021
The use of alternative data by institutional investors

We summarise a recent paper on the use of alternative data in investment management, published by Gene Ekster and Petter Kolm. Their paper discusses the alternative data ecosystem, use cases, challenges, and methodologies for the valuation of alternative datasets.

Literature Review 15 Jun 2021