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https://mondovisione.com/media-and-resources/news/more-than-half-of-hedge-funds-use-alternative-data-to-gain-competitive-edge/

Some of the key findings include:

Top three alternative data sets used by hedge fund managers:

• Consumer spending and lifestyle data: e.g., retail footfall in shopping centres and malls, credit card receipts
• Web-crawled data: extracting information stored within web pages
• Data sourced from expert networks: bespoke research that may include data from unconventional sources
• 10% of managers use climate-related data

Key opportunities for using alternative data:

• Performance: 69% of market leaders use alternative data to help them generate outperformance vs. 44% of ‘the rest of the market.’
• Risk management: 23% of market leaders use alternative data to help them improve risk management processes vs. 36% of ‘the rest of the market.’

Key challenges in using alternative data:

• Sourcing: 54% of market leaders find it difficult to source quality alternative data sets vs. 62% of ‘the rest of the market.’
• Regulatory headwinds: 20% of market leaders reported regulatory and compliance challenges vs. 15% of ‘the rest of the market.’