The Rise of the Buy-Side as a Price Maker

Is the buy-side becoming an active price maker? With the buy-side holding more and more fixed income securities, they are now positioned to help improve market liquidity and increase secondary turnover. However, just holding the assets is not enough – the buy-side need the appropriate technology, reach and skillset to move into a world of price formation and liquidity provision. Gareth Coltman, Head of European Product Management at MarketAxess, explains how the buy-side is adapting to evolving fixed income market structure.

MarketAxess is a global leader for fixed income electronic trading, connecting a network of over 1,000 institutional investor and broker-dealer firms. Founded in 2000, MarketAxess was launched at a time of significant technological innovation, a legacy the firm has continued. With the development of its all-to-all Open Trading™ functionality, MarketAxess is helping to shape the future of the credit markets. Open Trading allows participants to trade Eurobonds, emerging market, US high-grade and high-yield bonds with all other participants on the platform.

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