We summarise a 2021 research project that interviewed data leaders and practitioners in the financial services sector on their in-house AI/ML adoption and development.

We summarise a 2021 whitepaper from the systematic active equity team of a global investment manager, which discusses the lessons that their team has learned using alternative data. The paper also highlights the three “edges” they believe alternative data offers in active equity investing.

In part III of our ESG data trends report, we discuss 1) the changing regulatory landscape, 2) measuring biodiversity loss, 3) greenwash mitigation, and 4) the industry’s shift towards a multilateral ESG ratings model.

In part II of our ESG data trends report, we discuss 1) the rise of stakeholder capitalism, 2) interest in human capital data, 3) why company diversity matters, and 4) how to find alpha in E$G.

From the latest ESGTech innovations to the changing regulatory landscape, we outline the top data trends impacting the ESG investment industry in 2021 and the years to come. In part I, we summarise 1) the competitive landscape of the ESG data market, 2) how to measure sustainability innovation with patent filings, 3) popular public data sources that offer ESG insights and, 4) the satellite technologies that can monitor the environmental impacts of corporate activity.

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.

We outline our predictions for how the Biden administration will impact the alternative data landscape, specifically through changes at the SEC and a possible federal consumer privacy bill.

We discuss an industry report that polled hedge fund managers on their alternative data usage. We highlight the major challenges that respondents reported and provide a brief discussion of our own findings.

In our first-ever Sentry Intelligence report addressing data providers, we provide insights into some of the most common problems that we see data providers encounter in getting through buy-side clients’ compliance reviews. This report is for vendors, but we encourage buy-siders to refer to it and share comments with us as we work to make the scouting process more efficient for both sides of the market.