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Tech4Fin

Markets To Mars: How Quantum Will Change the Fabric of Finance Forever

At Symphony, we are actively preparing for the quantum era – not as a theoretical exercise but as a necessity. Quantum computing will destabilize and may invalidate many foundations of business, including current encryption methods. It will also accelerate AI to unimaginable speeds. As a result, all professional fields are going to be forced to evolve, at scale.

Brad Levy, Dietmar Fauser April 7, 2025
Tech4Fin

Episode 6: Leveraging voice metadata effectively to streamline trader efficiency & compliance

As the global pandemic continues to force institutional traders to work remotely, firms need to ensure they have the proper solutions in place to effectively capture, store and use voice metadata – regardless of their location. In the sixth episode of Cloud9’s podcast series examining developments in the voice trading landscape, Cloud9’s Product Manager Alex Francisci, and Intelligent Voice’s Chief Technology Officer Nigel Cannings, examine why institutional traders need to be able to leverage voice metadata to make more informed decisions, especially when it comes to their overall strategy and pertaining to the regulatory compliance process in the new working environment.

Symphony June 1, 2021
Tech4Fin

My Day 1… and a Little Bit of History

Today I proudly start my tenure as chief executive officer of Symphony. I step into this new role with a clarity of focus: I am grounded in our clients’ needs and understand they have choices. I will ensure that Symphony is the best product to fit the needs of our community and tailored to the individual user experience.

Brad Levy June 1, 2021
Tech4Fin

University FinTech Challenge Winners!

Last week we concluded the Symphony U: Fintech Challenge – a Symphony programming competition held for university students across the United States.

Olivier Poupeney May 26, 2021
Webinar

How UBS & BNP Paribas use Symphony for research & content distribution

Join us for the inaugural Innovators Showcase Series, highlighting UBS and BNP Paribas. The session will feature community-built solutions that streamline research and content distribution, as well as explore the development process and future plans for workflow automation.

This session will also cover:

Live demos of UBS Live Desk’s integration with Symphony and BNP Paribas’ Insight4Me bot
Interactive discussion around the development process on Symphony
Future solutions to optimize research and content distribution

Symphony May 25, 2021
Tech4Fin

What Does it Take to Achieve Workflow Nirvana?

You’re probably familiar with the concept of spiritual nirvana, a transcendent state of being associated with Buddhism. What if we applied this concept to the workplace — more specifically, to workflows used by traders at buy- and sell-side financial firms? What would “workflow nirvana” look like, and what would it take to achieve it?

Krishna Nadella May 19, 2021
Tech4Fin

Episode 5: Establishing a Voice Trading Engine for a Distributed Ecosystem

As the financial industry continues to transition towards a predominantly virtual environment, institutional traders need to be able to easily access the right tools to stay connected and enhance workflow efficiencies. In the fifth episode of Cloud9’s podcast series examining developments in the voice trading landscape, Cloud9’s Chief Innovation Officer and Co-founder Leo Papadopoulos, and Chief Operating Officer Jim Miller, examine what voice trading capabilities institutional traders must have in a distributed workplace and how a cloud-based platform can provide a more secure, mobile and accessible ecosystem.

Symphony May 1, 2021
Community

Voice Trading: The Last Frontier of Unstructured Data

One year out from the start of the sweeping COVID-19 pandemic that changed working conditions globally, many firms continue to struggle with how to address the challenges they have faced during the transition, particularly voice trading in what has become a virtual market ecosystem. While every company needs to employ remote working capabilities, there is no question that it is difficult to manage and can create challenges when trying to access and store voice data.

Leo Papadopolous April 20, 2021
Webinar

Build a Bot Session: Leveraging NLP to build a Symphony Bot

Designing bots that handle unstructured data by leveraging Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies, opens new opportunities. Bots can make unstructured data usable and human-to-human conversations actionable. By using NLU/NLP technology, bots have the power to leverage these conversations to increase efficiency without losing the personal element of our day-to-day jobs.

During this session we will:

Cover the benefits of utilizing NLU and NLP technologies
Showcase how you can leverage NLU/NLP to build a Symphony Bot
Provide a step-by-step demo on how NLP can be useful in chatbot implementations

Symphony April 18, 2021
David Gurle
Innovation

“Au revoir!”

Today, we have announced that I will be stepping back from the day-to-day operations of Symphony and will remain on the board of directors to support the company on strategic matters. Symphony’s president and chief commercial officer, Brad Levy, will become our chief executive officer on June 1, 2021.

David Gurle April 14, 2021