Natural language processing (NLP)
How to hone NLP’s detection skills: a cue from a super-sleuth
With a sharper focus, AI readers could help detect hidden exposures for investors

Analysts reveal more than company execs on earnings calls – AB
Sentiment signals derived from what analysts say beat those based on bosses’ responses, say quants

Language barrier: quants slog to teach investing bots to read
Training models to interpret text can be dull; doing it badly can be costly

New breed of NLP model learns finance better, study finds
Models trained by looking at sentences beat conventional approaches that contextualise words
Scalability could trump complexity in machine learning debate
Risk USA: banks “on the precipice” of adopting more complex models, says Goldman exec
Machines can read, but do they understand?
A novel NLP application built on a Google transformer model can help predict ratings transitions
Podcast: NYU’s Kolm on transaction costs and machine learning
TCA methodologies that ignore partial fills “might be off by 20% to 30%”
NLP and transformer models for credit risk
News feeds are factored into models to predict credit events
AI helps one investor screen targets against UN ethical goals
PanAgora develops two-stage process that aims to weed out the greenwashers