Uni-FinLLM: A Unified Multimodal Large Language Model with Modular Task Heads for Micro-Level Stock Prediction and Macro-Level Systemic Risk Assessment

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Uni-FinLLM: A Unified Multimodal Large Language Model with Modular Task Heads for Micro-Level Stock Prediction and Macro-Level Systemic Risk Assessment

Gongao Zhang
Haijiang Zeng
Lu Jiang
Published on 1/6/2026
Equities
Stocks
Cross-asset
AI
LLM
Machine learning
Deep learning
Risk management
Stock picking

Uni-FinLLM is a unified multimodal large language model designed to jointly handle micro-level stock prediction and macro-level systemic risk assessment. It employs a shared Transformer backbone with modular task heads, enabling the integration of diverse financial data types—text, numerical time series, fundamentals, and visual data—through cross-modal attention and multi-task optimization. This architecture allows the model to learn coherent representations across different scales, from individual stock behavior to systemic vulnerabilities. The model is evaluated on three tasks: stock directional forecasting, credit-risk assessment, and systemic risk early-warning detection. Results show significant improvements over baseline methods, with stock accuracy rising from 61.7% to 67.4%, credit-risk accuracy from 79.6% to 84.1%, and macro early-warning accuracy reaching 82.3%. The work demonstrates that a unified multimodal LLM can effectively capture cross-scale dependencies and serve as a scalable decision-support engine for financial institutions and regulators.

Highlights

  • 1Proposes Uni-FinLLM, a unified multimodal LLM with modular task heads for joint micro-level stock prediction and macro-level systemic risk assessment.
  • 2Integrates financial text, numerical time series, fundamentals, and visual data via cross-modal attention and multi-task optimization.
  • 3Achieves state-of-the-art performance on stock directional accuracy (67.4%), credit-risk accuracy (84.1%), and macro early-warning accuracy (82.3%).
  • 4Demonstrates that a single model can effectively capture cross-scale dependencies from asset-level to systemic risk.

Methods

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    Shared Transformer backbone with modular task heads for different financial tasks.
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    Cross-modal attention mechanism to fuse heterogeneous data modalities (text, time series, fundamentals, visuals).
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    Multi-task optimization to learn coherent representations across micro, meso, and macro levels.

Results

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    Stock directional accuracy improved to 67.4% from baseline 61.7%.
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    Credit-risk assessment accuracy reached 84.1%, up from 79.6%.
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    Macro-level systemic risk early-warning accuracy achieved 82.3%.
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    Uni-FinLLM outperforms baselines across all three tasks, validating the unified multimodal approach.
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