Money managers are hungrier than ever for obscure data to give them an edge

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Alternative data has become commonplace at the largest asset managers.

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The trade secrets legal battle between Carlyle-backed Yipit and Jefferies-owned M Science is over

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The lawsuits centered on claims that two employees stole trade secrets from one rival and passed them on to another.

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This trade secrets lawsuit has the alternative data industry buzzing

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YipitData and MScience are two of the biggest companies in the alt-data industry.

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