--- title: UBS Pilots Machine Learning in the Back Office description: A small step for trade breaks may lead to giant steps for other applications. image: https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Depositphotos_213514160_l-2015-1.jpg --- ![websites-group](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/new-MMG-01.svg) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-new-marketsmedia-logo.svg)](https://www.marketsmedia.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-traders-redlogo.svg)](https://www.tradersmagazine.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-bestexe-logo.svg)](https://www.bestexecution.net/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-fidesk-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-fixglobal-new-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) - [*Facebook*](https://www.facebook.com/MarketsMedia/) - [*Twitter*](https://twitter.com/marketsmedia) - [*Linkedin*](https://www.linkedin.com/company/markets-media-llc) - [Newsletter](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/ubs-pilots-machine-learning-in-the-back-office#popup-newsletter) #### Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE? 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While looking at the broader and more permanent solutions may be harder, it will set us up for long-term success.” UBS has been working on proofs-of-concept and pilots within operations to process unstructured data. Over the approximate past year, the bank has worked with an unnamed vendor to develop the pilot’s code that will help the firm classify roughly one million emails that the operations department receives daily across an estimated 5,000 mailboxes. The pilot’s goal is to identify the emails that likely will require an escalated response from the operations team, such as potential trade breaks before they happen, based on the phrasing and vocabulary used by an email’s author. Although UBS is working with an outside vendor, it is UBS employees who identify the patterns and decide how to proceed. The bank is happy with the pilot’s performance and expects that the pilot’s small team likely will complete the project over the next few months, she added. One reason her team decided to implement this proof-of-concept and pilot due to the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation’s upcoming deadline, which provided the team with a hard deadline. The pilot also provided the bank with experience with reading, classifying, and prioritizing unstructured data that it can apply to other functions within its middle- and back office, such as the legal department. A scenario might have machine learning compare a term sheet with a client’s latest email or call and give the bank the ability to check those terms against the parameters in the bank’s risk system, which then the legal department can conduct any necessary triage, according to Martín Jiménez. Implementing such new processes into eventual production is not an attempt to lower headcount, but to redirect employee’s efforts towards more valuable tasks and to reduce their manual and repetitive tasks, she added. “It is about achieving more and better with the same workforce, engaging our staff on where their skill and expertise is far more impactful.” [Share](https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/ubs-pilots-machine-learning-in-the-back-office) [Tweet](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=US+ETFs+Have+Record+Net+Inflows&url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/ubs-pilots-machine-learning-in-the-back-office) [Share](https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/ubs-pilots-machine-learning-in-the-back-office) ![email](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Markets%20Media/email.svg) ### NEWSLETTER SIGN UP And receive exclusive articles on securities markets ### Related articles 1. 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