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Recorded Webinar: The Data Foundation for Alpha – How fragmented data is eroding hedge fund performance

Alpha depends on more than models, talent and execution. It depends on the quality, consistency and timeliness of the data behind every investment decision. Many hedge funds still operate with fragmented datasets, inconsistent identifiers and manual reconciliation processes that slow research, distort signals and increase operational risk. As firms scale across strategies, regions and asset...

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Video: The Agentic Brokerage – Devexperts’ Jon Light on Why Retail Trading’s Next Platform Shift is Already Underway

According to Jon Light, Senior Director of Product Management at Devexperts, “agentic brokerage” is becoming a loaded term in retail – but the genuinely interesting shift is structural, not cosmetic. Most AI in brokerage today is still assistive: chatbots, market summaries, onboarding tools that respond when prompted and then go quiet. An agentic system stops...

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AI in Data Management Summit New York City

Following the success of the 15th Data Management Summit NYC, A-Team Group are excited to announce our new event: AI in Data Management Summit NYC!

Alternative Data in Capital Markets Handbook 2026

Alternative data adoption in capital markets has moved into a more disciplined phase. Simply possessing a dataset is no longer a differentiator – the priority now is how data is sourced, synthesised and deployed, and how quickly granular, disaggregated signals can be turned into validated, decision-ready insight. The 2026 edition of the Alternative Data in...