Big data, ESG ratings can combine to unlock investment return: TruValueBY RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018 6:21PMInvestors can unlock "significant positive alpha" by combining big data mining techniques and traditional ESG ratings, according to TruValue Labs. TruValue Labs, a San Francisco based research firm that uses artificial intelligence to analyze and interpret "massive amounts of unstructured data" at speed and scale, has developed machine-learning algorithms to evaluate big data that measure public sentiment momentum around ESG issues. |
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