B.1 IllustrationsThis section provides examples of OTC markets among financial intermediaries with astructure similar to that of our model. All these markets exhibit a core-periphery structurebut they differ in the underlying motives for trading. The first two examples refer tointerdealer markets used for managing inventory risk, while the other two examples referto other markets where financial intermediaries trade with each in order to offset risksarising from non-trading activities.