AWS Webinar 7/13: Generative AI and the future of financial services

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications, like ChatGPT, have captured the headlines and imagination of the public. In the financial services industry, leaders and developers are eager to understand generative AI’s potential and put it to work.

Join a conversation with industry leaders from Accenture and NVIDIA alongside Amazon Web Services (AWS) as they discuss how generative AI will transform financial services, the risks and opportunities, as well as practical approaches to start exploring application of generative AI in their business. Register now and fast-track your AI journey. Register here.

NVIDIA Hopper H100 is Awaited in Public Cloud, Tracked by Liftr Insights Data

Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence driven by unique data, reveals possible trends with NVIDIA. In particular, there are signals about when and where it may first appear in public clouds.

“The Hopper H100 is hot! We get a lot of questions from our clients about when, if, and where they will see it,” says Tab Schadt, CEO of Liftr Insights. “We can show them trends with past deployments to give clues about more current items.” Read the full article here.

CXL Makes Appearance in Public Cloud, as Shown by Liftr Insights Data

Liftr Insights, a pioneer in market intelligence driven by unique data, identified deployment of CXL-ready instances in the cloud.

Liftr Insights data show the first instances appearing in May 2023. Multiple cloud providers have added these AMD and Intel Generation 9 processors. These are the first instances seen across the top six cloud providers, representing over 75% of the public cloud space. Read the full article here.

Yieldbroker Partners with Eose to Expand Global Market Data Sales Capabilities

May 2023 Sydney / London–Yieldbroker, the leading Tier 1 licensed electronic trading platform for Australian and New Zealand debt securities and interest rate derivatives, today announced its partnership with EOSE, a global data solutions organization, to assist firms of all industries and sizes implement data distribution solutions. The new partnership will see EOSE work with Yieldbroker to expand its international market data sales initiatives via existing and new channel partners and direct customer engagements.

Yieldbroker’s unique marketplace, that combines interdealer and Dealer-to-Client liquidity (D2D + D2C) has been the dominant electronic trading platform for Australian and New Zealand debt securities for over 20 years. The Yieldbroker market data is sourced directly from the trading platform, providing real-time pricing feeds along with extensive historical and transaction-based pricing data across Bonds, Credit, Interest Rate Derivatives, Bank Bills and Repos.

“As we continue to see demand for Yieldbroker’s market data products across all markets (Asia, Europe & Americas), it made sense to work with a respected OTC market data specialist sales team such as EOSE to help coordinate our expanded international outreach. We continue to release new data and analytics product offerings, along with establishing new direct and partner distribution capabilities, so having EOSE work with us into EMEA and the Americas will help with the continued expansion of the Yieldbroker market data business ”, said Emily Turner – Head of Yieldbroker Market Data

“We are delighted to be selected by Yieldbroker to help assist with their market data sales and distribution initiatives. Knowing how well respected the Yieldbroker pricing is, particularly for its Australian Fixed Income coverage, and the constant need for verifiable true source data, we look forward to working with the Yieldbroker team moving forward”, said Suzanne Lock – CEO of EOSE.

Yieldbroker’s electronic trading platform is used by clients across the Asia-Pacific region as well as Europe and the United States, with annual trade volumes in excess of A$2.75 trillion. It has continued to progress its strategic partnership collaboration model on providing solutions that help our market participants improve their trading efficiencies and meet their increasing compliance and regulatory needs.

Ediphy Launches Transformative Liquidity Checker for Bonds

Ediphy, the fixed income technology provider founded by Chris Murphy, former global head of FICC at UBS, has announced the launch of its highly anticipated Liquidity Checker. The tool allows fixed income market participants to optimise their bond trading through the automated monitoring of bond liquidity. Users receive real-time liquidity notifications facilitating optimal trading in markets notorious for their shifting liquidity patterns.

“With our Liquidity Checker, Ediphy is enabling the next-generation of fixed income execution by providing traders and PMs with the tools they need to improve execution success,” said Chris Murphy, Ediphy CEO. “By leveraging our graph technology, robust data analytics and deep market experience market participants rely on Ediphy to notify them when market conditions are optimal thereby allowing them to streamline their trading process. This not only saves time and effort but also maximises execution success while mitigating the risks of being stuck on an illiquid trade.”

Ediphy’s Liquidity Checker addresses the challenges posed by a highly fragmented and temporal corporate bond market with a data-driven solution. Traders add their bond interests to a personalised watchlist. The Liquidity Checker, employing sophisticated algorithms, continuously scans the market and promptly notifies users when their chosen bonds become available to trade based on favourable liquidity conditions.

In situations where a bond lacks sufficient liquidity, users can broaden the search for alternative trading options. The tool offers a smart search function that suggests similar bonds based on reference and market data. This feature empowers traders to expand their scope beyond an individual ISIN to capitalise on better liquidity in similar bonds, ultimately increasing the probability of meeting investment objectives.

Ediphy is a leading provider of next-generation web-based technology solutions for capital markets, specialising in innovative tools for fixed income. Ediphy’s Liquidity Checker is one of a range of products that leverages artificial intelligence to provide actionable insights for fixed income execution.

Learn more about Ediphy on their blog: https://www.ediphy.io/blog