Hedge fund intelligence is not a product. It is a capability: the ability to form a view on a company, sector, or theme that is better-informed than what the market has already priced in. In practice, building that capability in 2026 requires access to data that most market participants do not have, processed in a way that produces actionable signals before they become consensus.
Alternative data is central to how leading funds build and maintain that edge. What was once the exclusive domain of the largest multi-manager platforms is now a standard part of the research toolkit at funds of all s