Quandl: Nasdaq's Quandl just hired a new executive for what it believes is the next big opportunity for alternative data - Europe

Summary List Placement Alternative data is a lot of things: a rapidly growing industry; the lifeblood of hedge funds; table stakes for any serious investor. It's also untapped in Europe, and the latest hire by Nasdaq's Quandl unit is hoping to source the continent's most valuable datasets for the firm's clients. Quandl, a data platform used by hedge funds and banks to find alternative datasets, was bought by Nasdaq in late 2018 for an undisclosed amount. Hamza Khan is Quandl's first-ever head of European data, the firm said in a release, joining the firm after founding his own alt-data firm, Suburbia, which was backed by Dutch bank ING Group. Khan... Read MoreThe post Nasdaq's Quandl just hired a new executive for what it believes is the next big opportunity for alternative data - Europe first appeared on Usa science news.