Kevin McPartland, Head of Market Structure and Technology Research hosted this panel discussion with Bond Dealers of America that focused on the U.S. bond market. Here's what they covered:

  • Findings from the recent Greenwich Associates liquidity report
  • The pros and cons of proposals to “fix” the current liquidity situation from the perspective of middle-market dealers
  • The role of the buy side as ‘price makers’ and what that means for dealers
  • How new technology is changing the middle-market dealer client coverage model
  • The technologies dealers are using to efficiently provide liquidity to buy-side customers
  • How the buy side is analyzing dealer counterparties differently given new technology

Special guest speakers included Brian Brennan and Tom Goldrick of KeyBanc Capital Markets as well as AJ Maggio and Pat Price of Hilltop Securities.