The Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Visible Alpha, an investment research technology company. The partnership aligns with PBHFA’s mission to unite the diverse hedge fund, financial, and investor community of Palm Beach and South Florida through networking and educational opportunities.
Visible Alpha Releases Differentiated Valuation Metrics
By: Erin Gifford
Visible Alpha, a financial technology company that enhances the investment research process by extracting value from sell-side analyst models, research reports and corporate access events, announced today the deployment of valuation metrics and enhanced calendarization methodologies within the Visible Alpha Insights platform. The company’s unique approach leverages Visible Alpha’s best-in-class detailed historical and forecast data to enable users to understand the market view on valuation with information they trust.
Visible Alpha Announces Partnership with Exabel
By: Erin Gifford
Exabel, the alternative data analytics platform for investment teams, and Visible Alpha, a financial technology company that enhances the investment research process by extracting value from sell-side analyst models, research reports and corporate access events, are delighted to announce that Visible Alpha’s data will now be available via the Exabel platform. The introduction of Visible Alpha’s data will provide Exabel’s investment clients with historical and forecast consensus data on KPI, segment and financial metrics for over 6,000 publicly-traded companies across more than 150 industries.
Visible Alpha Data Now Available on Snowflake
By: Erin Gifford
Visible Alpha, a financial technology company that enhances the investment research process by extracting value from sell-side analyst spreadsheet models, research reports and corporate access events, announced today that it will deploy its proprietary standardized financial and operating metrics on Snowflake, the Data Cloud company. This will provide investment professionals with historical and forecast consensus data on KPI, segment and financial metrics for over 6,000 publicly-traded companies across 150 industries.
MT Newswires, a leader in original and unbiased business and financial news, has partnered with financial data provider Visible Alpha to offer clients detailed market expectations and performance trends on publicly-traded companies.
Harley-Davidson is facing several headwinds. The stock has declined 19% year-to-date amid weakening retail sales for its motorcycles. Last quarter, worldwide retail sales declined 7.2% year-over-year vs. the consensus expectation of a 5.6% decline. This continued a broader trend of mid-single digit declines in 4 of the last 5 quarters. And shipments have seen similar levels of weakness. Investors and senior management have attributed the weakness to a variety of reasons, ranging from aging demographics, to softer used pricing, to regional weakness in oil/gas markets.
MiFID II May End Up Aiding Active Management Firms
By: Erin Gifford
Rick Baert from Pensions & Investments, spoke with Charles Poliacof, Chief Revenue Officer at Visible Alpha, on how MiFID II research unbundling requirements can be a source of ROI for investors. Read more…
Trade Talks: How MiFID II Will Change the Research Landscape
By: Erin Gifford
Mike Stepanovich, President of ONEaccess, a Visible Alpha company, discusses the requirements, challenges and benefits behind MiFID II with Jill Malandrino, Global Markets Reporter at Nasdaq. Watch here:
[Barron’s] Harley Davidson: We Told You So…
By: Erin Gifford
Originally published in Barron’s Stocks to Watch on April 18, 2017, Ben Levisohn and Bill Alpert cite Visible Alpha data for a number of analyst forecast figures for Harley Davidson.
Research Could Be Next For Trading Floor
By: Erin Gifford
“Michael Stepanovich, CEO of ONEaccess, a New York-based research valuation provider, said using quantitative and qualitative data to measure broker relationships “is complex, ongoing, and on many fronts. It’s uncharted territory. The good thing about MiFID II is, you can’t argue with transparency. The more information that’s out there lets managers double down on their research costs and value. For managers, part of the broker relationship has been qualitative. (Valuing research) also brings quantitative analysis to inform their vote process for broker selection and give it extra rigor, becoming best practice for managers.”
