Predata, the predictive analytics company for anticipatinggeopolitical risk, announced the release of a new suite of signals for U.S. equities. Thesignals quantify online attention and concern to each of the eleven S&P equity sectors, as wellas constituent companies and macro themes within those sectors.
Financial market participants have found success in applying the Predata suite of geopoliticalrisk signals to multiple asset classes, including FX and commodities, but this marks the firstdedicated offering for U.S. equities. Predata customers are now able to use these newout-of-the box signals to inform their perspective on the various equity sectors, going from amacro view of sector themes all the way down to a single company. These new signals roundout Predatas financial markets vertical, and were built using the same methodology the
company used to build its industry-leading geopolitical risk signals.
The Predata platform appliesmachine learning techniques to transform web traffic data into large-scale real-world insights.
Weve seen a great deal of client demand for Predata signals that relate to equities, said Mars
Spencer, VP of Financial Markets for Predata. After conducting extensive research and tests to
ensure the signals would make a positive impact for clients, were pleased to launch this new
offering and are thrilled to see the responses from users so far.
In addition to this development, Predata added to its advisory board Scott Nations, ChiefInvestment Officer of NationsShares, who brings a wealth of experience in trading and financialengineering.
I have found the Predata technology to be fascinating, said Nations. Im excitedto help the Predata team continue to expand their offerings within both buy-side and sell-sidefinancial market participants. Nations joins Predatas finance advisory board along severalleading industry figures, including Kyle Bass, Neal Brady, Ashby Monk and Emmanuel Derman.
Predata will continue to expand its offering over time, with plans to include international equitiesand the Russell 3000 index.
