Topic 7
Market participants: the actors
Who's who — the people and institutions operating the machine, and how each one earns.
- 1Retail vs Institutional Investors: The Two Populations in Every Market7 min read
- 2Brokers and Broker-Dealers: The Gateway, and How It Earns8 min read
- 3Market-Making Firms: The Liquidity Industry, Profiled7 min read
- 4Investment Banks: The Deal Machinery of Capital Markets7 min read
- 5Asset and Fund Managers: The Buy Side's Biggest Machines7 min read
- 6Hedge Funds and Their Strategies: An Educational Tour8 min read
- 7Private Equity and Venture Capital: Investing Where There Is No Ticker8 min read
- 8Pension and Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Owners Behind the Managers7 min read
- 9Family Offices: Private Wealth's Private Institutions6 min read
- 10Central Banks and Their Market Role: The Institutions Behind the Interest Rate8 min read
- 11Market Regulators: The Referees of Finance7 min read
- 12Clearing Houses and Custodians: The Institutions That Hold the System Together7 min read
- 13Credit Rating Agencies: The Opinion Factories of the Bond Market7 min read
- 14Exchanges as Businesses: Who Profits from the Marketplace Itself7 min read
- 15Proprietary and High-Frequency Traders: The Market's Fastest Participants7 min read
- 16Index Providers: The Private Companies That Define "The Market"7 min read