Selection of Content

Below is a collection of published videos, whitepapers and weekly blog posts from over the past few years. Enjoy!

The Alternative Data Hype Cycle

The State of the Union: Alternative Data: Where are we in the Alternative Data Hype Cycle? We discuss in the Jefdata Monthly Minute.

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Jefferies Data Science Whitepapers

Rich Carbone was a Co-Author for the whitepapers below:

Quantifying Intuition

Mapping The Data Science Landscape in the Hedge Fund Industry

Have we reached a tipping point? Data science is now, and will increasingly be, of strategic importance to all hedge funds in the coming years. We explore this mainstreaming of data science solutions means managers, investors and counterparties should be informed about and conversant in the opportunities and challenges offered by these technologies.

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Quantifying Strategy

Building Data Science Strategies for the Next Decade

A practical deep dive into how investment firms are addressing the explosive growth of data. Jefferies conducted nearly 50 in-depth interviews with investment managers, lawyers, accountants and data providers to get a more holistic and specific understanding of the emerging data ecosystem. Quantifying Strategy details the current range of approaches to institutionalizing data strategies, and explores initial efforts to build long term solutions.

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Quantifying Process

Preparing for the Age of Data Ubiquity

In an era of data ubiquity, the wealth of information can create a poverty of attention – and with it, the need to allocate attention more efficiently. Organizations are feverishly working to exploit the “internet level” shift that’s emerging from the data explosion – squarely turning their focus to the processes that will give them a competitive advantage in the long term. Quantifying Process is at the heart of how to turn the data deluge into a strength.

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