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title: The Private Capital Alpha
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4967890/
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 4967890
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4967890
featured: 2025-12-01
citations: 2
topic: Other
---


# The Private Capital Alpha

This study outlines a framework for estimating alpha in private capital, showing notable annual returns for buyouts but unreliable data for venture capital and real estate.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4967890
- Identifier: SSRN 4967890
- Released: 2024-09-25
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 121 (2025-12-01): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-12-01/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 2
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Other

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