Nasdaq & Visible Alpha private deal forecasts 08:15 AM EDT, 08/19/2015 (MT Newswires) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group (NDAQ), aka Nasdaq, Wednesday reported it will partner with privately held Visible Alpha in an exclusive agreement to provide detailed analyst forecast data and models on the Nasdaq IR Insight platform. Nasdaq said that through this partnership, corporate officers can compare and contrast the financial and operating assumptions of the sell-side analysts that drive market expectations of their companies. Nasdaq said Visible Alpha works with investment banks and research providers to deliver individual analyst and consensus forecasts across all aspects of corporate performance, including full P&L, balance sheet and cash flow statements as well as segment financial forecasts, product-level sales and pricing projections, and company and industry-specific operational metrics and assumptions. Nasdaq said the exploratory phase of the collaboration will begin with a limited beta release. Nasdaq lists 3,600 companies with market value of about $9.6 trillion. Price: 54.31, Change: , Percent Change: http://www.mtnewswires.com Copyright © 2015 MTNewswires