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title: Alternative Data in Active Asset Management
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4932677/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4932677
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4932677
featured: 2024-08-21
citations: 2
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Alternative Data in Active Asset Management

Alternative data is vital for investment strategies, providing unique insights and competitive advantages, but requires constant adaptation due to its ever-changing nature.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4932677
- Identifier: SSRN 4932677
- Released: 2024-08-21
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 62 (2024-08-21): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-08-21/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 2
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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