Alternative data underused but has potential for ESG

Institutional investors in Asia are not yet major users of alternative data, but some are beginning to particularly recognise its value when measuring environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sentiment, according to panellists at a webinar hosted by AsianInvestor.  "The utility of alternative data sets has been fairly limited [to date] with only the very advanced clients adopting its use,” Puneet Singh, the Asia Pacific head of equity quant research at Societe Generale Corpo…