The Alternative Data Podcast

In this episode I speak to Fabiana Clemente, Founder and Chief Data Officer of YData https://ydata.ai/ -the first data platform with synthetic data generation.In our conversation, Fabiana and I talk through a full introduction to synthetic data.In other news, join me and other guests on Wednesday 8th December at the delayed Leading Point event where we will be discussing “Is Alternative Data Still Alternative?”. London in-person and virtual tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-data-kitchen-tm-is-alternative-data-still-alternative-tickets-203242171807

In this episode I speak to Seth Leonard, winner of the hackathon at the most recent Eagle Alpha conference. In our conversation Seth and I talk through exactly how he won, combining multiple alternative datasets to forecast the next inflation figure. As a mild warning, this is more technical than other episodes.In other news, I will be speaking at the HFM European Quant Summit on Wednesday 17th November alongside Rani Piputri of NNIP, where we’ll be discussing ‘Acquiring and Combining Alternative Datasets’: https://www.hfmeuquantsummit.com/agenda

In this episode I speak to Bradley Saacks, Hedge Fund Reporter at Business Insider.In our conversation, Bradley and I talk about the effect the GameStop story had on the hedge fund industry, the past present and future of alternative data, and how it feels to be a buyer at an alt data conference.Separately, I will be speaking at the HFM European Quant Summit on Wednesday 17th November alongside Rani Piputri of NNIP, where we’ll be discussing ‘Acquiring and Combining Alternative Datasets’: https://www.hfmeuquantsummit.com/agendaThe link to Bradley’s favourite piece: https://www.businessinsider.com/hedge-fund-data-buyers-at-alternative-data-conference-battlefin-2019-6

In this episode I speak to Vinesh Jha, CEO and Founder of ExtractAlpha, a provider of curated alpha signals and alternative datasets to investors. In other news, I will be speaking at the HFM European Quant Summit on Wednesday 17th November alongside Rani Piputri of NNIP, where we’ll be discussing ‘Acquiring and Combining Alternative Datasets’ -https://www.hfmeuquantsummit.com/agenda

In this episode I spoke to Michael Watson, founder of Chained Metrics (https://chainedmetrics.com, discord channel: https://discord.gg/pXs9bJpE) andformer Managing Director in Equities Engineering at Citadel.In our conversation, Michael and I talk about the engineering challenges faced by a major hedge fund trying to remain competitive with alternative data, before then going on to explore his new project which sees him moving company KPIs onto the blockchain.Separately, I will be speaking at the HFM European Quant Summit on Wednesday 17th November alongside Rani Piputri discussing Acquiring and Combining Alternative Datasets - https://www.hfmeuquantsummit.com/agenda

In this episode I speak to Cameron Brandt, Director of Research at EPFR. EPFR is a longstanding provider of fund flows data, and in our conversation Cameron and I track its development from Post-Soviet Eastern Europe in the 1990s onto the global stage today.Thank you to those who attended our event in London last week, it was great to see representatives of various hedge funds, major investment management firms and alt data providers in the audience, including EPFR in fact!As another date for the diary, I will be speaking at the HFM European Quant Summit on November 17th. Details here: https://www.hfmeuquantsummit.com/agenda