| Investment banks, as opposed to commercial | | | | Investment bankers can raise funds in capital |
| banks, assist public and private corporations | | | | markets in two ways. They can sell the |
| in raising funds in the Capital Markets (both | | | | company's equities in the stock market in an |
| equity and debt), as well as in providing | | | | initial public offering (IPO) or secondary |
| strategic advisory services for mergers, | | | | offering, or they can give advices on debt |
| acquisitions and other types of financial | | | | issues to the companies. Investment bankers |
| transactions.Indeed the original purpose of | | | | also advise companies on private placements, |
| an investment bank was to raise capital and | | | | which mean purchase or sale of corporate |
| advise on mergers and acquisitions and other | | | | securities by private companies or |
| corporate financial strategies. As banking | | | | individuals. Types of private placement |
| firms have been performing diversified | | | | transactions include venture capital |
| activities, investment banks have come to | | | | investments, strategic investments by |
| fill a variety of roles including | | | | companies, private equity investments, |
| underwriting and distributing new security | | | | private debt placements, acquisitions, |
| issues, offering brokerage services to public | | | | divestitures, and merchant banking.Investment |
| & institutional investors, providing | | | | banks possess an extensive network of |
| financial advice to corporate clients, | | | | industry and financial contacts, current |
| especially on security issues, providing | | | | market knowledge, legal processes and |
| advices on merger and acquisition deals, | | | | comparable market events that will make their |
| providing financial security research to | | | | clients to create an edge to their |
| investors and corporate customers etc. | | | | competitors. Some of the major global public |
| Investment banks have also moved into foreign | | | | and private investment banks are ABN Amro, |
| currency exchange, private banking, and | | | | Banc of America Securities, Barclays Capital, |
| bridge financing.A key role of investment | | | | Bear Stearns, BNP Paribas, Brown Brothers |
| banks is to advise companies in raising money | | | | Harriman and Calyon.Banking provides detailed |
| or funds. There are two ways of raising funds | | | | information about banking, banking jobs, |
| that investment bankers typically engage in: | | | | banking services, and more. Banking is |
| raising funds through the capital markets and | | | | affiliated with Swiss Bank Accounts. |
| raising funds through private placements. | | | | |