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New benchmark InvestPhilBench tests LLM procedural reasoning in investment philosophy

Researchers have introduced InvestPhilBench, a new benchmark designed to evaluate the procedural reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) in the domain of expert investment philosophy. The benchmark, in its v0.6 release, includes verified investment principle cards, decision framework cards, and QA questions, along with an automated scoring pipeline (BASP) and a failure mode detection protocol. Initial testing across four models revealed a significant performance gap between frontier models and others, with composite scores saturating at the frontier but specific metrics like Gate Reconstruction Accuracy (GRA) still indicating procedural deficits. AI

IMPACT This benchmark aims to improve the reliability of LLMs used in financial analysis by specifically testing their procedural reasoning.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Mingguang Chen, Bo Qu ·

    InvestPhilBench: A Multi-Layer Dynamic Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Model Procedural Reasoning in Expert Investment Philosophy

    arXiv:2606.25984v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models are increasingly deployed as investment research assistants, yet no benchmark tests whether they can accurately reconstruct and apply the specific procedural decision frameworks of expert investors. We introd…

  2. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Bo Qu ·

    InvestPhilBench: A Multi-Layer Dynamic Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Model Procedural Reasoning in Expert Investment Philosophy

    Large language models are increasingly deployed as investment research assistants, yet no benchmark tests whether they can accurately reconstruct and apply the specific procedural decision frameworks of expert investors. We introduce InvestPhilBench, a multi-layer dynamic benchma…