Alternative Data Council: Managing the Risks of Alternative Data

The 2nd webinar in the Alternative Data Council Series will lead with buy-side expert thought leaders giving timely insights into the Compliance and Legal risks associated with the extraction of value from alternative data sets used in trading and investment selection. We will discuss the due diligence buy-side firms conduct to manage the risks, including application of the Council's recently released Due Diligence Questionnaire ("DDQ"). We then will hear from three insightful vendors about their practical experience with the due diligence process and learn how they are leveraging the standardized DDQ to speed up the process to get their data to flow and be useful to their customers.

FISD Welcome

Elizabeth Pritchard, Founder, White Rock Data Solutions LLC

Tracey Shumpert, FIA, Vice President of Membership and Programs, FISD

Alternative Data Council Overview and Objectives

Norman Niemer, Chief Data Scientist, UBS Asset Management, QED

Buy Side Due Diligence Questionnaire Sheet Perspectives

Why You Should Care

Max Abend, Vice President, PDT Partners

A Deeper Dive into the Due Diligence Questionnaire

Brooke Bernstein, Legal Director, Quantitative Trading Compliance, Associate General Counsel, Tudor Investment

Adoption Roadmap - Vendors Talk

Moderator:

Melanie Laufer, Associate, Data and Advanced Analytics, CPP Investments

Panelists:

Ciaran Ryan, COO, Eagle Alpha

Ryan Schreiber, Vice President, Financial Services, Vertical Knowledge

Lauren Stevens, Senior Vice President, Senior Director, Content and Technology Solutions Strategy, FactSet