Alternative data is big business. Globally, buy-side firms spent $1.71 billion on it during 2020 1, over half of all hedge funds use it to make investment decisions, and it is increasingly used to ...

Scouring through corporate communications and broker research isn’t enough Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gelila writes about entrepreneurship and AI in private markets. In private markets, information on investment opportunities ...

While the alternative data market is thriving—and projected to be worth $350 million in 2020, up from $183 million in 2016—we have witnessed organizations suffer from alternative data fatigue in 2019.

Central bankers are tapping nontraditional data sources for a more complete picture of the economy In the spring of 2020, the Federal Reserve faced a challenge: The COVID-19 pandemic was upending ...