investment banks

Investment Banks are intermediaries that help companies and governments in their financial needs.

The service include issuing securities, helping in the process of purchasing securities, managing financial assets, trading securities and providing financial advice.

There are many types of these banks.

Some operate nationwide and internationally, while others are regionally oriented or serve smaller companies.

There are also small, specialized firms that are called boutiques that may specialize in merger & acquisitions advice, technology Initial Public Offerings, bond market trading, and so on.

The larger banks have several divisions of investment banking operations, including sales and trading, investment banking, and capital markets operations.

These division usually work flexibly across boundaries, offering the clients the best possible execution of financial services.

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These banks may become a part of a company's life in several stages and phases.

For example, many companies in start-up phase with potential to be listed in the stock market get visitors from these companies IPO divisions.

Larger companies, meanwhile, may get calls from these companies M&A divisions or from the capital markets divisions.

Many larger companies choose one or several of these banks that they do business with.

These strong partnerships may start at the IPO phase, where the banks act as the underwriters.

These alliances may be complemented with some of the specialized banks, for example.

As an exemplary list, the larger banks include:

• Bank of America
• Bear Stearns
• Brown, Brothers Harriman & Co
• Chase
• CIBC Oppenheimer
• CS First Boston
• Deutsche Bank
• Goldman Sachs
• ING International
• JP Morgan
• Lehman Brothers
• Merrill Lynch
• Morgan Stanley
• Prudential Securities
• Salomon Smith Barney
• UBS
• W.R. Hambrecht
  
  
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