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    Oct. 31, 2019

Five Essential Alternative Data Articles for Private Fund Managers

Private fund managers are increasingly using alternative data in their investment processes. Correspondingly, the SEC has been taking a greater interest in managers’ use of alternative data and may be conducting a thematic review of the subject, with a possible examination sweep to follow. Given the wide range of risks posed by its use – from insider trading to copyright infringement to data privacy violations – the Hedge Fund Law Report is highlighting five articles from its archives that explore how fund managers can properly use alternative data. Next week (the week starting November 4, 2019), the Hedge Fund Law Report will resume its normal weekly publication.

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Trailblazing Women – Contributions, Achievements and Observations of Outstanding Leaders

To mark International Women’s Day, Law Report Group editors, along with our colleagues across ION Analytics’ products, interviewed outstanding women in the industries and jurisdictions we cover. In this article, Jill Abitbol, Robin Barton, Rorie Norton and Megan Zwiebel profile notable women in the data privacy, cybersecurity, AI, private funds and anti-corruption law fields, including (i) Paula Howell Anderson, (ii) Gwendolyn Lee Hassan, (iii) Audrey Koh, (iv) Stacy Feuer, (v) Heather Egan, (vi) Jeewon Serrato, (vii) Stephanie Breslow, (viii) Anne Choe, (ix) Heather Wyckoff, (x) Angie Batterson, (xi) Jacqueline Eaves, and (xii) C. Dabney O’Riordan.

Enjoy reading their inspiring remarks here.