Buy-side firm

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

• Bond
• Building a Debt IR function
• Derivative instrument
• EMIR
• Hedging
• Sell-side firm