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Abbreviation for buy-side firm. | Abbreviation for buy-side firm or activities. | ||
For example, a buy-side participant in the bond market is a buyer of - or investor in - a bond. | For example, a buy-side participant in the bond market is a buyer of - or investor in - a bond. | ||
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:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Serious concern over LIBOR-referencing bonds'''''</span> | :<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Serious concern over LIBOR-referencing bonds'''''</span> | ||
:"As investors on behalf of savers and institutions in the UK and beyond, investment managers have a keen interest in encouraging active transition away from LIBOR by issuers of LIBOR-linked instruments. | :"As investors on behalf of savers and institutions in the UK and beyond, investment managers have a keen interest in encouraging active transition away from LIBOR (Note below) by issuers of LIBOR-linked instruments. | ||
:Regulators around the world have made it clear that from the end of 2021 LIBOR will be phased out and that it is on all of us, as market participants, to ensure that this is achieved... | :Regulators around the world have made it clear that from the end of 2021 LIBOR will be phased out and that it is on all of us, as market participants, to ensure that this is achieved... | ||
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Taking another example, a 'buy-side' firm might buy derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes. | Taking another example, a 'buy-side' firm might buy derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes. | ||
Also written 'buy side'. | |||
Contrasted with 'sell side'. | |||
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LIBOR ended in September 2024. | LIBOR ended in September 2024. | ||
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*[[Issuer]] | *[[Issuer]] | ||
*[[LIBOR]] | *[[LIBOR]] | ||
*[[Sell side]] | |||
*[[Sell-side firm]] | *[[Sell-side firm]] | ||
*[[The Investment Association]] | *[[The Investment Association]] | ||
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*[https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2024/october/the-end-of-libor The end of LIBOR - Press release - Bank of England - 1 October 2024] | *[https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2024/october/the-end-of-libor The end of LIBOR - Press release - Bank of England - 1 October 2024] | ||
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | [[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:44, 8 November 2025
Abbreviation for buy-side firm or activities.
For example, a buy-side participant in the bond market is a buyer of - or investor in - a bond.
- Serious concern over LIBOR-referencing bonds
- "As investors on behalf of savers and institutions in the UK and beyond, investment managers have a keen interest in encouraging active transition away from LIBOR (Note below) by issuers of LIBOR-linked instruments.
- Regulators around the world have made it clear that from the end of 2021 LIBOR will be phased out and that it is on all of us, as market participants, to ensure that this is achieved...
- This is a matter of serious concern not only for the buy-side but also the financial industry more widely."
- Hugo Gordon, Policy Specialist, Capital Markets, from The Investment Association - ACT guest blog - 15 July 2021
Taking another example, a 'buy-side' firm might buy derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes.
Also written 'buy side'.
Contrasted with 'sell side'.
Note:
LIBOR ended in September 2024.
See also
- Bond
- Buy-side firm
- Capital market
- Derivative instrument
- Hedging
- Issuer
- LIBOR
- Sell side
- Sell-side firm
- The Investment Association
- Transition
