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The Alternative Data Podcast

Casting an eye on the fastest growing segment in investment

On this show we reveal some of the latest developments in the fast-growing Alternative Data sector. Satellite imaging, news-crawling, credit card data... and many more fresh new data sources are increasingly being used b
Latest Episode6/7/2021

The Jeffrey Ryan Episode

Season 1, Ep. 34
In this episode I speak to Jeffrey Ryan, former Citadel quantitative analyst and now Founder of Quant-at-large.In our conversation, Jeff tells me about how solving his own investing problems using R led him to writing new packages for the coding language. These ended up being used extensively by the wider R community and landed him a job in his home town of Chicago with the giant hedge fund, Citadel, where he spent seven years.Additionally, please join us on Zoom every Wednesday at 10am EST as we have an interactive conversation with various members of the alternative data community. This week, Evan Schnidman is with us to lead conversation around investing in data companies. Join this LinkedIn Group for more details - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9059921/
6/7/2021

The Jeffrey Ryan Episode

Season 1, Ep. 34
In this episode I speak to Jeffrey Ryan, former Citadel quantitative analyst and now Founder of Quant-at-large.In our conversation, Jeff tells me about how solving his own investing problems using R led him to writing new packages for the coding language. These ended up being used extensively by the wider R community and landed him a job in his home town of Chicago with the giant hedge fund, Citadel, where he spent seven years.Additionally, please join us on Zoom every Wednesday at 10am EST as we have an interactive conversation with various members of the alternative data community. This week, Evan Schnidman is with us to lead conversation around investing in data companies. Join this LinkedIn Group for more details - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9059921/
5/31/2021

The Abraham Thomas (Quandl) Episode

Season 1, Ep. 33
In this episode I speak to Abraham Thomas, co-founder of Quandl.In our conversation Abraham and I discuss his fascinating life, from being caught in the first Gulf War, to joining a hedge fund in Japan, to founding and building up Quandl, one of the key players in the alternative data space, to selling it to Nasdaq in 2018. In other news, I have written a blogpost around the past, present and future of alternative data, a link to which can be found in the Episode Web Page section or here: https://www.exabel.com/blog/alternative-data-the-past-present-and-future
5/24/2021

The Michael Recce Episode

Season 1, Ep. 32
In this episode I speak to Michael Recce. Michael has had a varied career in the alternative data space, with a background in artificial intelligence academia and advertising technology before moving into the hedge fund space with Point72. Michael has created data science teams for a hedge fund, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, and the traditional asset manager Neuberger Berman, giving him a unique insight into the challenges involved, as well as a multi-perspective view of the alternative data scene.Separately, I have written a blog post about "The Past, Present and Future of Alternative Data", which can be found in the episode links.
5/17/2021

The Regulation Episode

Season 1, Ep. 31
In this episode I speak to Kelly Koscuiszka of the law firm Schulte, Roth & Zabel. Kelly is a specialist in all the legal matters surrounding the alternative data sector, and in our conversation we embarked on a tour of the regulatory horizon.During our journey we touched on insider trading laws, the hiQ-LinkedIn web-scraping case, privacy issues, and the best ways that alternative data buyers and providers can protect themselves in a shifting legal environment.Separately, I have written a blog post about "The Past, Present and Future of Alternative Data", which can be found in the episode links.
5/10/2021

The Elizabeth Pritchard Episode

Season 1, Ep. 30
In this episode I’m joined by Elizabeth Pritchard, who is topping all the alternative data ‘people moves’ lists following her announcement as the new CEO at Bitvore.Elizabeth is well-established in alternative data. Having first entered this world as Global Head of Market Data at Goldman Sachs, she went on to co-found Crux Informatics and then White Rock Data. In our conversation we talked about her experience at Goldman, as well as some big picture thinking about the future of alternative data.
5/3/2021

The Gene Ekster Episode

Season 1, Ep. 29
In this episode I speak to Gene Ekster of Alt DG. Gene has been in alternative data pretty much since the beginning, and he even has a claim to having named the sector for a Wall Street Journal article.In our conversation, Gene and I discuss the past, present and future of alternative data, as well as his data cleaning company Alt DG and his experience teaching alternative data at NYU.
4/26/2021

The M Science Episode

Season 1, Ep. 28
In this episode I speak to Spenser Marshall of M Science. M Science is one of the more established players in the alternative data world, having been first founded as Majestic Research back in 2002. In our conversation, Spenser and I explore the company’s historical development, current offering, client-base, and we touch on some use cases of M Science’s data.