The headline alone signals a structural shift worth watching: hedge funds and market makers are reportedly moving beyond simple data procurement into building dedicated data-strategist functions. That's a tacit admission that sourcing alt-data is now a competitive weapon, not a back-office checkbox—expect vendors to face buyers who understand overlap, decay, and signal crowding far better than a few years ago.
For dataset providers, this means trials will get harder, not easier.
Hedge funds and market makers need data strategists as war heats up
