BattleFin Announces Strategic Partnership with Jefferies
May 24 2018 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
BattleFin, in an exclusive collaboration and partnership with
Jefferies, will expand Alternative Data Discovery Days globally and
introduce new initiatives within its alternative data platform.
"This partnership with Jefferies gives BattleFin additional
resources to expand in the United States as well as globally,
including into Europe and Asia. We are excited to partner
exclusively with Jefferies, a global investment banking firm and
thought leader in Alternative Data. We look forward to releasing
new alternative data initiatives and products at our June 20th
event in New York City."
We are pleased to announce an exclusive partnership between
Jefferies LLC and BattleFin Group, Inc. Jefferies will be the
exclusive investment banking partner of BattleFin’s Global
Conferences spanning across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
BattleFin has organized multiple alternative data conferences
across the United States in cities including New York, Miami, Palo
Alto and intends to expand globally into London on September 27th
and Hong Kong on November 14th. BattleFin’s Alternative Data
Discovery Days have become one of the largest and most widely
attended conferences in the alternative data space, both for data
vendors and asset managers alike. These events implement a
one-on-one, speed dating like meeting format between pre-vetted
alternative data providers and asset managers. Since BattleFin does
not take commissions or ask for exclusives from alternative data
providers, it attracts the largest group of alternative data
vendors in the space and plans to host over 150 data vendors in New
York on June 20th. Jefferies has been instrumental in creating
constructive and meaningful engagement between leading asset
managers and data vendors and will continue to drive these efforts
globally in partnership with BattleFin.
“We are excited to partner with Jefferies and leverage their
powerful distribution network and internal resources that will
attract even more alternative data companies and investment
managers to our BattleFin Alternative Data Discovery Days both in
the U.S. and globally. Jefferies’ vision and leadership in the data
space makes this an ideal partnership. This new partnership with
Jefferies gives BattleFin additional depth and resources as we
introduce new products that will focus on helping alternative data
companies with Technology, Compliance and Distribution.” - Tim
Harrington, CEO of BattleFin Group, INC
Jefferies has been making an aggressive push into the
alternative data space in parallel with BattleFin in recent years,
focusing on its asset management clients and partners, with a
dedicated team led by Dan Furstenberg, Head of Data Strategy.
“We are excited to partner with BattleFin, the leader and
pioneer in alternative data conferences. BattleFin has changed the
data conference paradigm with its unique conference format and
sectorized vertical focus, best suiting investment managers. This
announcement merely formalizes an existing partnership with our
friends and respected colleagues at BattleFin. We are looking
forward to supporting and enhancing their efforts globally as they
continue to grow their offering. Discovering new and dynamic
alternative data sources through our BattleFin partnership is key
to our long-term strategy and provides Jefferies with unique
content to best service our clients and partners. This partnership
along with our existing partnership with M Science, the leading
data driven research and analytics company, broadens our depth and
reach in the data space and cements our leadership in data
overall.” - Dan Furstenberg
BattleFin’s Miami conference in January of 2018 facilitated over
1,450 one-on-one meetings between investment professionals that
manage over $760 billion in AUM and data vendors from dozens of
verticals. The BattleFin NYC Intrepid event June 20th is on track
to host over 400 attendees with over 150 alternative data companies
hosting one-on-one meetings with over 200 investment professionals
attending that manage over $1 trillion of AUM.
As part of the partnership Jefferies will receive a Board seat
at BattleFin. Dan Furstenberg will join BattleFin’s Board of
Directors.
For information please go to www.battlefin.com or email
info@battlefin.com
About BattleFin:
BattleFin is an alternative data ecosystem for the finance
world. BattleFin hosts events globally to connect alternative data
providers with data buyers using a One-on-One meeting format.
BattleFin’s technology business is our online version of the events
which help data providers verify and validate their data. Hedge
funds can leverage the Data Hunter or Geronimo offerings to help
generate alpha. BattleFin’s asset management business is internally
incubating alternative data investment strategies. BattleFin has
offices in Connecticut, New York and London starting in July.
About Jefferies:
Jefferies, the world's only independent full-service global
investment banking firm focused on serving clients for over 50
years, is a leader in providing insight, expertise and execution to
investors, companies and governments. Our firm provides a full
range of investment banking, sales, trading, research and strategy
across the spectrum of equities, fixed income and foreign exchange,
as well as wealth management, in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies
Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF).
Tags: Alternative Data, BigData, Hedge Fund, Finance
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BattleFin Group, INCGraham Tolson,
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