# kaal:claim:3409548-004

**Claim.** Easier access to trading data and to information about the hedge fund industry has been a significant factor in the growth of hedge fund assets, because analytic platforms let managers manipulate peer and style data and build targeted marketing materials.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- commercial hedge fund databases and analytic platforms available

**Source quote.**

> Easier access to trading data and information about the hedge fund industry has been a significant factor in the growth of hedge fund assets.

**From.** Kaal, *Financial Technology and Hedge Funds* (2019), II. Financial Technology and Hedge Funds, page 7

**Cite as.** Kaal, Financial Technology and Hedge Funds (2019). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3409548

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `74227ab2656b06bfe4a29c942fc2ba26df9f476917e0a9f85ec038b8c3402c40` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202019%20-%20Financial%20Technology%20and%20Hedge%20Funds.pdf

**Topics.** private-funds, economics

**Keywords.** hedge-fund-databases, data-access, asset-growth, marketing

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