How Can Alternative Data Help Traders Pre-Select Buyout Prospects?
M&A Activity on the Rise, How Can Alternative Data Help Traders Pre-Select Buyout Prospects?Q3 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreIdentifying Potential Buyout ProspectsWith M&A activity picking up again after the slump in the first half of 2020, due to COVID-19, one question that has arisen is whether funds can use alternative data to identify potential takeover prospects?In our case, as a text analytics specialist, the question becomes whether news sentiment data, derived from scanning millions of articles and social media posts online, can provide clues as to which companies make d...