investment banking
Deal-making finance sector
Investment banking is the sector of finance that helps corporations and governments raise capital, typically by underwriting and selling securities.
Investment banks also advise on mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring.
Unlike retail banks that serve individual depositors, investment banks work with large institutional clients: She left her law firm for a career in investment banking.
The field is associated with high compensation and demanding hours.
Corporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- underwritingRisk evaluation and acceptance
- IPOFirst public stock offering
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
capital markets · syndicate · corporate finance · financial advisory · deal-making · due diligence · valuation · financial modeling
Corporate buyouts and combinations
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- leveraged buyoutDebt-funded corporate acquisition
- hostile takeoverUnwanted corporate buyout attempt
- divestitureDisposal of assets
spin-off · carve-out · restructuring · recapitalization · bridge financing · closing · signing
Legally incorporated business entities
- institutional investorsOrganizations investing pooled funds
- governmentsRuling political authorities
- hedge fundsPooled alternative investment vehicles
- pension fundsPooled retirement investment vehicles
mergers
Corporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- underwritingRisk evaluation and acceptance
- IPOFirst public stock offering
securities · capital markets · syndicate · corporate finance · financial advisory · deal-making · due diligence · valuation · financial modeling · boutique
M&A
Corporate buyouts and combinations
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- leveraged buyoutDebt-funded corporate acquisition
- hostile takeoverUnwanted corporate buyout attempt
divestiture · spin-off · carve-out · restructuring · recapitalization · bridge financing · closing · signing
corporations
Legally incorporated business entities
- institutional investorsOrganizations investing pooled funds
- governmentsRuling political authorities
- hedge fundsPooled alternative investment vehicles
- bankingbank, banks, ATM, ATMs, account
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
- industriesbusiness, factories, education, health, supply chain
- corporate financecost of capital, capital markets, NPV, debt financing, shareholder
- global financefinancial hubs, central banks, capital flows, exchange rates, foreign exchange
- investingstocks, stock, bonds, investing, investor
investment bankingretail banking
Bank services for individuals
consumer banking · personal banking · community banking · commercial banking · savings and loan
investment bankingdivestment
Disposal of assets
saving · liquidation · capital preservation · hoarding · mattress money
investment bankingsocial enterprise
Business prioritizing impact over profit
microfinance · mutual aid · philanthropy · subsistence economy
invest, investment, banker, banking, investments, banked, bankers, divestment, reinvestment