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title: Bond Funds and Liquidity Provision
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4614945/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4614945
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4614945
featured: 2023-11-02
citations: unknown
topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution
---


# Bond Funds and Liquidity Provision

Changes in regulations have moved profits from liquidity provision in the corporate bond market to mutual funds, increasing volatility and vulnerability to market disruptions like the COVID-19 pandemic.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4614945
- Identifier: SSRN 4614945
- Released: 2023-10-23
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 24 (2023-11-02): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-11-02/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution

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