Study clusters Kenyan medical insurance companies based on financial performance and reporting consistency.
problem Identifying financial health and reporting consistency in Kenyan medical insurance companies.
method Advanced clustering techniques (KMeans, DTW) on financial ratios and time series data.
result Four distinct clusters identified, each representing different financial performance and reporting consistency combinations.
RAG-IT automates financial analysis using LLMs and specialized datasets.
problem Manual financial analysis is time-consuming and requires expertise.
method Retrieval-Augmented Instruction Tuning (RAG-IT) fine-tunes an LLM for financial tasks.
result RAG-IT improves financial report generation performance compared to commercial systems.
Paper proposes FinAR-Bench to evaluate LLMs in financial analysis tasks.
problem Inaccurate financial analysis by LLMs leading to investment and regulatory issues.
method Proposes FinAR-Bench, a benchmark dataset with three steps: key info extraction, financial indicator calculation, and logical reasoning.
result LLMs perform better in key info extraction and indicator calculation but struggle with logical reasoning.
This paper analyzes financial sentiment using LLMs and FinBERT, improving accuracy with few-shot examples.
problem Financial sentiment analysis for market evaluation.
method Application of large language models and FinBERT, with focus on prompt engineering and few-shot learning.
result GPT-4o achieves similar sentiment classification accuracy to FinBERT with fewer examples.
System segments Form 10-K documents into Item sections for financial analysis.
problem Segmenting Form 10-K documents into Item sections for efficient financial analysis.
method Developed an automatic Form 10-K Itemization system using NLP techniques.
result System achieves a retrieval rate of 93% for segmenting Item sections.
Study shows how financial report sentiment impacts bank profitability.
problem Understanding causal effects of financial report sentiment on bank profitability.
method Causal forest machine learning methodology, FinancialBERT sentiment scores, SHAP analysis, comprehensive dataset.
result Statistically significant causal associations between balance sheet and expense management variables and profitability.
LLMs improve stock price forecasting from financial news and reports.
problem Predicting stock prices with high accuracy and robustness.
method Analyzing financial news, reports, and transcripts using LLMs.
result LLMs can improve stock price forecasting but face practical challenges.
FinAI-BERT classifies AI disclosures in financial reports with high accuracy.
problem Systematic detection of AI-related disclosures in financial reports.
method Fine-tuned transformer-based model on a curated dataset.
result Achieved near-perfect classification performance (99.37% accuracy).
New method uses LLMs to extract financial insights from Q&A sections of reports.
problem Scalability and accuracy issues in extracting valuable insights from financial report Q&A sections.
method Combines retrieval-augmented generation technique with metadata.
result Empirically demonstrates superior performance of the proposed method.
Study evaluates five LLMs for financial report analysis, revealing performance differences and variability.
problem Lack of understanding in reliability, consistency, and transparency of LLMs in financial analysis.
method Human evaluation, automated similarity metrics, and behavioral diagnostics applied to five transformer-based LLMs over U.S. 10-K filings.
result No single LLM consistently dominates across all evaluation perspectives, highlighting variability and need for interpretability.
System constructs public competitor graph from financial reports.
problem Time-consuming and expert-laden manual extraction of corporate relationships.
method Financial report processing to generate reliable knowledge graph of corporate relationships.
result More than 83% of S\&P 500 companies' competition relationships retrieved.
This study analyzes financial equity research reports to identify frequently asked questions and automates 80% of them.
problem Insufficient empirical analysis of questions answered in financial equity research reports.
method Analyzed 72 financial equity research reports, classifying sentences into 169 unique question archetypes. Used public corporate reports to classify questions' potential for automation.
result Approximately 80% of financial equity research reports can be automated, with 78.7% of questions automatable.
Framework integrates financial and annual report data for better corporate credit ratings.
problem Lack of insights from non-financial data in credit rating models.
method Uses FinBERT to extract features from annual reports and combines them with financial data.
result Improves credit rating accuracy by 8-12%.
Study uses LLM to extract and compare segment disclosures from financial filings.
problem Challenges in completeness and comparability of segment disclosures in financial reports.
method Developed a large language model framework to extract and preserve segment information from Form 10-K filings.
result The LLM accurately extracts segment-level information and addresses cross-period knowledge questions.
Advanced AI model predicts stock movements post earnings reports.
problem Inaccurate stock predictions from earnings reports.
method Fine-tuned LLMs with QLoRA compression, integrating financial and market data.
result Significantly improved predictive accuracy compared to benchmarks.
Paper uses LLMs to analyze annual reports for stock investment, improving efficiency.
problem Manual analysis of annual reports is time-consuming and requires expertise.
method Leverages Large Language Models to extract and analyze annual reports.
result Machine Learning model trained on LLM outputs outperforms S&P500 returns.
The study visualizes Spanish fish and meat processing companies using financial, environmental, and social ratios.
problem Mapping financial, environmental, and social performance of Spanish processing companies.
method Used compositional data and principal-component analysis biplot for statistical analysis.
result Identified clusters of companies with similar financial, environmental, and social performance.
MountainLion uses LLMs to interpret financial data and generate investment strategies.
problem Challenges in integrating heterogeneous data for financial trading.
method Multi-modal LLM-based agents that process textual and visual data.
result Improves returns and investor confidence through interpretable investment framework.
German FinBERT improves financial text analysis performance.
problem Capturing domain-specific nuances in financial text.
method German FinBERT is a pre-trained German language model trained on a large corpus of financial data.
result German FinBERT outperforms standard models on finance-specific tasks.
Using a method rooted in information theory, we present results that have identified a large set of stocks for which social media can be informative regarding financial volatility. By clustering stocks based on the joint feature sets of social and financial variables, our research provides an important contribution by …
FinBERT-XRC model assesses financial report risk, offering transparent explanations.
problem Assessing post-event return volatility risk in financial reports.
method Deep-learning model FinBERT-XRC with explainability at word, sentence, and corpus levels.
result FinBERT-XRC outperforms state-of-the-art models in predictive accuracy.
Paper uses agent-based simulation to identify investor types in financial markets.
problem Identifying investor types in real financial markets.
method Computational adaptation of PCA with agent-based simulation.
result A reduced set of investor models can approximate financial time series.
On a periodic basis, publicly traded companies are required to report fundamentals: financial data such as revenue, operating income, debt, among others. These data points provide some insight into the financial health of a company. Academic research has identified some factors, i.e. computed features of the reported d…
SusGen-GPT improves financial NLP and ESG report generation.
problem Lack of advanced NLP tools for finance and ESG domains.
method Developed SusGen-30K dataset and SusGen-GPT models.
result Achieved state-of-the-art performance in financial NLP tasks.
Statistical analysis of financial data most focused on testing the validity of Brownian motion (Bm). Analysis performed on several time series have shown deviation from the Bm hypothesis, that is at the base of the evaluation of many financial derivatives. We inquiry in the behavior of measures of performance based on …
Research shows eco-innovation boosts earnings management, especially in constrained firms.
problem The impact of eco-innovation on earnings management in firms with financial constraints.
method Multi-method approach including entropy balancing, PSM, and Heckman Test correction.
result Eco-innovation positively correlates with earnings management, especially in firms facing financial constraints.
New financial dataset and model detect claims affecting market returns.
problem Detecting analyst claims' impact on financial markets.
method Constructed new dataset, used weak-supervision model with SME knowledge.
result Outperformed existing models in claim detection and market analysis.
The informational context is regularly questioned in a transitional economic regime like the one implemented in China or Vietnam. This article investigates this issue and the predictive power of fundamental analysis in such context and more precisely in a Chinese context with an analysis of 3 different industries (medi…
Study earnings calls to predict stock price movements, finding them more predictive than traditional data.
problem Improving investment decisions by analyzing earnings calls for stock price predictions.
method Graph Neural Network based approach to process and analyze earnings call transcripts.
result Earnings call transcripts are more predictive of stock price movements than traditional hard data.
FinTech framework clusters innovations for financial services.
problem Lack of comprehensive definition and analysis of FinTech.
method Narrative review of over 100 studies, clustering framework development.
result Developed a comprehensive FinTech clustering framework.
Study tests UK FTSE-listed companies' financial data for Benford's Law conformity.
problem Ensuring the fairness of public revenue collection and reducing tax avoidance risks.
method Utilised pre-tax income and total assets data from 567 FTSE companies, tested for Benford's Laws conformity using χ2 and MAD tests. result MAD test rejects Benford's Laws conformity, suggesting potential issues with reported financial data.
Corporate distress models typically only employ the numerical financial variables in the firms' annual reports. We develop a model that employs the unstructured textual data in the reports as well, namely the auditors' reports and managements' statements. Our model consists of a convolutional recurrent neural network w…
Generative AI boosts analyst reports but increases forecast errors.
problem Improving financial analyst reports with AI.
method Natural experiment using FactSet's AI platform.
result AI-assisted reports are more comprehensive but lead to higher forecast errors.
BERTopic improves financial text analysis with FinTextSim's contextual embeddings.
problem Analyzing financial text data for insights and predictions.
method Integrates BERTopic with FinTextSim for topic modeling and clustering.
result BERTopic performs better with FinTextSim's embeddings, improving topic clarity and reducing misclassification.
The study shows interest rates impact investment and funding negatively but positively on dividend decisions.
problem The effect of interest rates on financial decisions like investment, funding, and dividend.
method Correlation coefficient analysis and descriptive methods.
result Interest rates have a negatively insignificant effect on investment and funding decisions, but positively moderate effect on dividend decisions.
This study models Burundi's bond market yield curve using Nelson-Siegel and Svensson models.
problem Modeling the yield curve of Burundian bond market for financial analytics.
method Collected treasury securities auction reports, computed zero-coupon rates, and applied Nelson-Siegel and Svensson models.
result Nelson-Siegel model is optimal for Burundian yield curve modeling.
Following the financial crisis of the late 2000s, policy makers have shown considerable interest in monitoring financial stability. Several central banks now publish indices of financial stress, which are essentially based upon market related data. In this paper, we examine the potential for improving the indices by de…
Deep learning models improve earnings prediction accuracy.
problem Reliable prediction of future earnings per share (EPS).
method Comparison of LSTM and TCN models on financial data.
result Both LSTM and TCN models outperform naive models and analysts.
BloombergGPT is a large language model trained on financial data, outperforming existing models on financial tasks.
problem Lack of specialized large language models for finance.
method Trained on a 363 billion token dataset augmented with 345 billion tokens from general datasets, using a 50 billion parameter model.
result BloombergGPT outperforms existing models on financial tasks without sacrificing performance on general LLM benchmarks.
AI helps assess nature-related financial risks for financial institutions.
problem Challenges in evaluating nature-related risks due to large data volume and complexity.
method Uses AI to address data gaps, uncertainty, and complex systems.
result Potential AI solutions for two use cases: beef supply and water utility.
TinyXRA assesses financial risks from 10-K reports using a lightweight transformer model.
problem Comprehensive risk assessment from financial reports, distinguishing between upside and downside risk.
method Lightweight transformer model with dynamic attention, incorporating skewness, kurtosis, and Sortino ratio.
result State-of-the-art predictive accuracy and transparent risk assessments.
MarketSenseAI uses LLMs to improve stock analysis and outperforms benchmarks.
problem Improving accuracy in stock analysis and selection.
method Combining LLMs with SEC filings, earnings calls, and macroeconomic reports.
result Significant improvement in fundamental analysis accuracy and outperformance of benchmarks.
A new estimator improves financial econometrics by providing reliable inference.
problem Poor performance of standard regression methods in financial economics with thick-tailed predictors.
method Developed an unbiased, consistent, and asymptotically normal estimator for linear regression.
result The new method delivers reliable inference under heteroskedasticity and quantile regression.
The global financial system has become highly connected and complex. Has been proven in practice that existing models, measures and reports of financial risk fail to capture some important systemic dimensions. Only lately, advisory boards have been established in high level and regulations are directly targeted to syst…
Weak predictability of stock price movement 2 days after annual report disclosure.
problem Predicting stock price movement after annual report disclosure.
method Used various models including decision tree, logistic regression, random forest, neural network, prototypical networks; used financial indicators from EastMoney.
result Maximum accuracy and precision of stock price movement prediction is around 59.6% and 0.56 respectively, with random forest performing best.
The financial rogue waves are reported analytically in the nonlinear option pricing model due to Ivancevic, which is nonlinear wave alternative of the Black-Scholes model. These solutions may be used to describe the possible physical mechanisms for rogue wave phenomenon in financial markets and related fields.
New attacks inflate earnings while reducing fraud scores, potentially millions at stake.
problem Manipulating financial reports to hide distress and gain.
method Maximum Violated Multi-Objective (MVMO) attacks that adapt search direction.
result Inflation of earnings by 100-200% while reducing fraud scores by 15% in 50% of cases.
This paper reviews LLMs for credit risk assessment, creating a taxonomy.
problem Assessing credit risk using financial text analysis.
method Systematic review of 60 papers, focusing on model architectures, data types, and explainability mechanisms.
result Developed a taxonomy of LLM-based credit risk models.