Sentiment
Lazard Asset Management Revamps Data Model to Reflect Covid-19 Reality
The firm developed a short-term data strategy to avoid the use of unreliable data and better understand the effects of the pandemic on the market as it evolves.
Dow Jones Equips Developers with Sample Codes
The financial information giant launched a recent blueprint, Covid-19 Timelapse, a dashboard that tracks the pandemic's impact on individuals, industries, and regions.
Refinitiv Labs Preps for SentiMine Release
About two dozen Refinitiv clients have early access to the tool.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 201: Refinitiv Labs on Unstructured Data
Sanjna Parasrampuria, head of Refinitiv Labs in Asia discusses the technology behind sifting through unstructured data.
Quants Use Nowcasting As Covid Crystal Ball
Experts from UBS, Unigestion, MIT and QuantConnect discuss the need for nowcasting, and what the alt data boom has made possible in trying to navigate today’s crisis.
Pandemic Fuels New Wave of Surveillance Tech
Firms are investing in new solutions for monitoring the front office in lockdown conditions, but the latest technologies raise concerns about privacy and intrusion.
Four Asset Managers Explain How They Incorporate ESG Data
Execs From UBS AM, Lazard AM, DWS, and East Capital look at incorporating ESG data into their investment practices for more holistic views of risk and opportunity.
Morgan Stanley’s AlphaWise Uses Alt Data to Track Coronavirus
The bank’s research business is using artificial intelligence, traditional consumer surveys, and visualization techniques to monitor the impact of Covid-19.
Truvalue Labs to Launch Coronavirus ESG Monitor
The dashboard, which goes live later this week, is a free online resource that includes tracking how the pandemic is affecting ESG factors.
Transforming NLP: A Look at New Tools Being Used by Banks
The evolution of natural language processing is rapidly progressing. Jo Wright takes a look at BERT, one of the more game-changing innovations that is helping to transform the field of machine learning in the capital markets.
Hedge Funds Use Shopping Center Cameras in Hunt for Alpha
Buy-side firms in search of alternative insights to drive returns are turning to sentiment analysis to fine-tune their strategies.
S&P to Unveil New Data Platform, New Data Capabilities
S&P Global Market Intelligence will offer clients new alt datasets from in-house and third parties to be used in conjunction with increased analytics offerings.
Nomura’s Head of Digital Warns of AI’s Predictive Limitations
The investment bank’s deputy chief digital officer says machines cannot predict markets, as the bank consolidates trading operations and builds an AI trading platform for fixed income and FX.
Liquidnet Targets Long-Term Investors with New Business Unit
The new business unit will unify Liquidnet's last three acquisitions: Prattle, RSRCHXchange, and OTAS.
Embracing the Numbers: Analytics to Improve Trader Performance
As passive strategies and fee compression cut into active returns, buy-side firms are turning to internally generated data.
Allianz Global Investors Adopts NLP Signals in Equities
The investment manager's move to tackle unstructured data is starting with sell-side analyst reports.
Lost in Translation: The Genesis of the Data Translator
An examination of the ‘data translator’ role and how it can help forward a firm’s data agenda.
Axa Data Head: Cloud Faces A Growing Talent Challenge
Increasingly specialized systems call for increasingly specialized skill sets; talent acquisition and retention remain problematic.
The Secret Source: Machine Learning and Open Source Come Together
A deep-dive into how capital markets firms are using open-source tools to experiment with machine learning.
ICE Acquires Fixed Income Volatility Index from BAML
The exchange and data provider says purchase of market sentiment index from BAML is a natural next step.
Universal-Investment Explores AI to Develop ESG Services
The administrator is looking at how artificial intelligence can be used to extract online sentiment and create customized alternative data services to attract clients.
Goldman Sachs Exec: Use of Alt Data in Investing Today Only 'Tip of the Iceberg'
At Risk Live, executives from Goldman Sachs AM, Societe Generale and Morgan Stanley talked about the benefits and concerns for using alt data.
Asset Managers Chase Signals in ESG Noise
Machine learning can tell stories from large datasets to drive alpha, say quants.