Waters Wavelength

This week, John Walsh, director of strategy and innovation at Refinitiv joins the podcast. Along with Tony, he discusses the regulatory challenges surrounding alternative data as well as the potential for implementation of alternative data in light of the coronavirus. He recently produced a research report titled A New Dimension of Data. https://www.refinitiv.com/en/media-center/press-releases/2020/april/refinitiv-report-on-alternative-data 1:00 – Wei-Shen and Anthony Malakian talk about the upcoming 200th podcast episode. They discuss the stories recently published on the website, including a story on the programming language, Cobol. (https://www.waterstechnology.com/technology/7532056/on-cobol-and-legacy-systems-covid-19-turmoil-calls-for-change) 16:30 – John joins Tony on the podcast. They look at the alternative data space and some of the issues that have cropped up in the Covid-19 pandemic. 19:00 – John defines what alternative data means to him. Internally, it's the data that Refinitiv does not have