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A 'buy-side' firm is a corporate or other customer of a 'sell-side' firm.
A 'buy-side' firm is a corporate or other customer of a 'sell-side' firm.


For example, a 'buy-side' firm might buy derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes.
For example, a buy-side participant in the bond market is a buyer of - or investor in - a bond.
 
 
Taking another example, a 'buy-side' firm might buy derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes.




==See also==
==See also==
*[[Bond]]
*[[Building a Debt IR function]]
*[[Building a Debt IR function]]
*[[Derivative instrument]]
*[[Derivative instrument]]
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*[[Hedging]]
*[[Hedging]]
*[[Sell-side firm]]
*[[Sell-side firm]]
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[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Latest revision as of 22:39, 17 July 2021

A 'buy-side' firm is a corporate or other customer of a 'sell-side' firm.

For example, a buy-side participant in the bond market is a buyer of - or investor in - a bond.


Taking another example, a 'buy-side' firm might buy derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes.


See also