Causality Link partners with Eagle Alpha

Submitted 27/01/2021 - 9:24am

Alternative data specialist Eagle Alpha, has added AI-driven financial information technology provider Causality Link’s data to its library of alternative data supplied to asset managers, private equity professionals and corporate enterprises.

Causality Link will make available its data from Research Assistant, the firm’s AI-powered platform that processes and analyses more than 90 million texts globally in real time to identify explicit cause-and-effect statements. Reading texts in 24 languages, Research Assistant aggregates the knowledge of thousands of authors into a single deductive system, allowing portfolio managers, analysts and corporates to understand the KPIs, events, trends and causal links that reveal the market forces acting over time on a commodity, equity, portfolio, sector or industry. The feed also includes comprehensive data on ten subcategories related to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors for public companies worldwide.
 
Established in 2012, Eagle Alpha is a pioneer in the alternative data universe. The firm was one of the first to understand the value of non-traditional data sources and now has access to nearly 1,500  global datasets, providing knowledge and solutions to top buy-side clients and a variety of leading businesses. 
 
Pierre Haren, co-founder and CEO of Causality Link, says: “Eagle Alpha has the deep industry contacts and reach that data firms look for and a sophisticated platform that both data sellers and buyers can use effectively. Becoming a distribution partner with Eagle Alpha is a natural next step for the evolution of Causality Link and the relationship has developed into a meaningful opportunity for mutual learning and knowledge sharing.”
 
Niall Hurley, CEO of Eagle Alpha, adds: “At Eagle Alpha, we pride ourselves on our technology and the datasets, analysis and support that provide our clients with the most value. In working with Causality Link, we have found their data to be both unique and impactful, and it represents an original offering among the many other kinds of alternative data firms we are currently working with.”
 
 

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