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title: Machine Learning in Fund Classification
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4794900/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4794900
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4794900
featured: 2024-04-17
citations: unknown
topic: ML & AI Methods
---


# Machine Learning in Fund Classification

The paper uses machine learning to categorize hedge funds, finding that those classified as systematic yield higher excess returns.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4794900
- Identifier: SSRN 4794900
- Released: 2021-09-27
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 45 (2024-04-17): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-04-17/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: ML & AI Methods

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