Brad Levy has big changes planned for Symphony, the $1.4bn financial communications provider he is soon to take over. With a goal to turn the firm into the Amazon for financial services and “a verb” in the industry, he will be going on a major shopping spree over the next two years.

Symphony is looking to buy up technology to expand its focus from providing messaging software to helping its clients address more complex “pain points” in more structured markets, including over-the-counter derivatives.