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Glossary
Investment Management
Market Maker
In securities and derivatives markets, a market maker is a participant who stands between buyer and seller, quoting both bid and offer prices. Market makers in other words are liquidity providers, earning the bid-offer spread; hedging any inventory they end up holding.