Hedge Funds Bet On Eagle Alpha To Demystify Twitter

Eagle Alpha, the Dublin-based social media start-up for market-related information and data, is set to expand. Set up by Emmett Kilduff in 2012, the firm now has operations in New York and London, and has just secured funding worth $1.5 million from a group of current and former senior executives at banks and hedge funds. The firm uses technology to scan social media content to identify information that can affect the markets – information that can provide valuable insights for brokers and institutions such as hedge funds and investment banks. Eagle Alpha: When it comes to the markets, information is…