The Alternative Data Podcast

In this episode I speak to Christina Qi, founder and CEO of challenger market data provider Databento and former founder of HFT hedge fund Domeyard. In our conversation, we discuss the challenges of starting an HFT...

In this episode I speak to Charles-Albert Lehalle, a professor at Ecole Polytechnique formerly of ADIA and CFM. In our conversation, we discuss Yann LeCun’s theory of AI world models, the differences between working for...

In this episode I speak to Evan Reich, a veteran of the alt data space who has worked at Millennium, SAC Capital, Quandl and most recently Verition in various data roles. In our conversation Evan and I discuss a wide...

In this episode I speak to Natalya Dmitriyeva, former senior data strategy executive at Two Sigma and Schonfeld. In our conversation, Natalya and I discuss her career evolution as it tracked that of the whole...

In this episode I speak to Conor Taggart, an alternative data veteran who is now in charge of Data Monetization at Eagle Alpha. In our conversation, Conor and I discuss his progress from selling indexes at LSEG, through...

In this episode I speak to Vlad Johnson, who works in systematic futures at Eisler Capital, a hedge fund. In our conversation, Vlad and I discuss the technological gap between baseball analytics and Wall Street, how he...

In this episode I speak to Mohsen Chitsaz, Portfolio Manager at Eisler Capital, a hedge fund. In our conversation, Mohsen and I discuss uses of news data, satellite data, LLM developments, differences between working on...

In this episode I speak to Paul White, CEO and co-founder of Quantbot, a quantitative hedge fund. In our conversation, Paul and I talk about the challenges of launching a new hedge fund in 2009 and how they would be...

In this episode I speak to James Griffiths, General Manager of Flywheel Alternative Data, a provider of e-commerce data. In our conversation, James and I talk about the advantages and challenges of creating an...

In this episode I speak to Ben Cohen, former Global Head of Data Strategy at WorldQuant and now on gardening leave before his next opportunity. In our conversation, Ben and I talk about the data sourcing role, how it...

In this episode I speak to Richard Dudley, Senior Portfolio Manager at Railpen, the fifth largest pension fund in the UK. In our conversation, Richard and I talk about a lot of the unusual realities that come from being...

In this episode I speak to Tom Liu, Founder of Ideate Capital, an alternative data expert with many years experience working in both hedge funds and private equity. In our conversation, Tom and I talk around various...

In this episode I speak to Mark Thompson who works in Primary Research for NBIM, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund with $1.7tn under management. In our conversation, Mark and I discuss many of the unique challenges...

In this episode I speak to Tim Harrington, Founder and CEO at Battlefin, the alternative data discovery and events business that recently announced its acquisition of Exabel, the alternative data technology platform. In...

This is the first ever live recorded episode, which took place at Neudata’s Winter Summit in New York on December 5th. For the panel, I was fortunate to share the stage with Matei Zatreanu of System 2, Tjeerd van...