An investment bank is a financial services company or corporate division that engages in advisory-based financial transactions on behalf of individuals, corporations, and governments. Traditionally associated with corporate finance, such a bank might assist in raising financial capital by underwriting or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities. An investment bank may also assist companies involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and provide ancillary services such as market making, trading of derivatives and equity securities, and FICC services. Most investment banks maintain prime brokerage and asset management departments in conjunction with their investment research businesses. As an industry, it is broken up into the Bulge Bracket, Middle Market, and boutique market.
Jefferies Group LLC is an American multinational independent investment bank and financial services company that is headquartered in New York City. The firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research, and asset management. This includes mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, and other financial advisory services. The Capital Markets segment also includes its securities trading and investment banking activities.
The middle office is a team of employees working in a financial services institution. Financial services institutions can be divided into three sections: the front, the middle and the back office. The front office is composed of customer-facing employees such as sales personnel. The middle office is made up of the risk managers and the information technology managers who manage risk and maintain the information resources. The back office is composed of the human resources department, office managers and customer care representatives who provide support, administrative and payment services. Generally, the back and middle office involves non-revenue generating operations related to risk management and ensuring proper execution of transactions.
Evercore Inc., formerly known as Evercore Partners, is a global independent investment banking advisory firm founded in 1995 by Roger Altman, David Offensend, and Austin Beutner.
Perella Weinberg Partners L.P. is an independent global financial services firm focused on investment banking advisory services.
Stifel Financial Corp. is an American multinational independent investment bank and financial services company created under its present name in July 1983 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange on November 24, 1986. Its predecessor company was founded in 1890 as the Altheimer and Rawlings Investment Company and is headquartered in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.
EFG Hermes Holding S.A.E. is an Egyptian financial services company present in the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia regions and specializes in securities brokerage, asset management, investment banking, private equity and research in addition to finance lease, factoring, microfinance, Financial technology, mortgage, and insurance. EFG Hermes serves a range of clients including sovereign wealth funds, endowments, corporations, financial institutions, high-net-worth clients and individual customers. EFG Hermes is listed on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) and London (LSE) stock exchanges. EFG Hermes has offices in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Pakistan, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, UK, United States and Bangladesh with over 4500 people from 25 nationalities. They serve clients from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the United States.
Robert W. Baird & Co. is an American multinational independent investment bank and financial services company. It is the principal U.S. operating subsidiary of Baird, an international, employee-owned financial services firm providing investment banking, capital markets, private equity, wealth management, and asset management services to individuals, corporations, institutional investors, and municipalities.
Houlihan Lokey, Inc., is an American multinational independent investment bank and financial services company. Houlihan Lokey was founded in 1972 and is headquartered at Constellation Place in Century City, Los Angeles, California. The firm advises large public and closely held companies as well as institutions and governments. Its main service lines include mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, restructuring and distressed M&A, fairness opinions, and valuations. As of October 29, 2020, Houlihan Lokey employed more than 1,500 employees worldwide.
Pottinger is a global corporate advisory firm, which provides:
Bengur Bryan & Co., Inc. is an investment banking firm founded in 1991 with offices in Baltimore, MD. The firm provides merger and acquisition advice, private placements of equity and debt, and financial advisory services including valuations, fairness opinions and restructuring advice. Bengur Bryan's principal focus is on middle-market companies that typically have enterprise values that range between $10 and $100 million. Since its inception, Bengur Bryan has completed over 100 financing and M&A transactions totaling over $3 billion.
Moelis & Company is a global independent investment bank that provides financial advisory services to corporations, governments, and financial sponsors. The firm advises on strategic decisions such as mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings and other corporate finance matters.
A boutique investment bank is a investment bank that specializes in at least one aspect of investment banking, generally corporate finance, although some banks are retail in nature, such as Charles Schwab or Allen & Co. Of those involved in corporate finance, capital raising, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring and reorganizations are their primary activities.
Lincoln International LLC is a multinational independent investment bank and financial services company specializing in advisory services and financings on middle-market transactions. The firm works with publicly traded and privately owned companies, financial sponsors, and lenders. The firm provides advisory services including mergers & acquisitions, capital advisory consisting of growth equity, debt and restructuring advisory, valuations and opinions and joint ventures & partnering. The firm completed more than 230 advisory assignments globally in 2020, as well as over 8,800 debt and equity valuations.
Ken Marlin is an American investment banker, international strategist, and author of The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street: 11 Key Principles from Battlefield to Boardroom,. He is the founder and managing partner of Marlin & Associates, an award-winning[1] boutique investment bank and strategy advisor. He is a member of the "Market Data Hall of Fame" [2] .In 2011, Institutional Investor ("II"), the international publisher, named Ken as one of II's "Tech 50", which honored the 50 most "disruptive" figures in the financial technology sector. In 2014, Institutional Investor again, named Marlin to their "Tech 50" as one of the 50 most influential people in the financial technology industry. Again, he was the only investment banker on the list.[3] In 2015 and again in 2016 (19), Institutional Investor named Marlin as one of the 35 most influential people in Fintech finance.[4] In 2017 and 2018 Institutional Investor named Marlin as one of the Fintech Finance 40.Marlin also is a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Phoenix House Foundation;[5] a Trustee and Board Member of the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club;[6] a member of the Business Administration Board of Advisors of the University of the People;[7] an active supporter of the Wall Street Warriors Foundation, The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation; the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School;[8] and Outward Bound Peacekeeping.[9] He has been quoted frequently in the media.[10][11][12]
Stone Key Partners is a boutique investment bank focused on the government and commercial technology sectors. The advisory services offered by the firm and by Stone Key Securities include mergers and acquisitions, exclusive sale transactions and divestitures, special committee and fairness opinion assignments, and capital markets advisory services.
Hunter Wise Financial Group, and its previously wholly owned broker-dealer Hunter Wise Securities, LLC −− once a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) member firm, offered investment banking and financial advisory services. The company serviced all industries from its final seven U.S. locations and one office in Canada. The company was based in Irvine, California.
PJT Partners, Inc. is a premier global advisory-focused investment bank, founded in October 2015 as part of The Blackstone Group's spin-off of its financial and strategic advisory services businesses. The firm was founded by Paul J Taubman after his 30-year tenure at Morgan Stanley, where he served as Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, Global Head of Investment Banking and until the end of 2012, Co-President of the Institutional Securities Group, which included Investment Banking as well as Sales and Trading.
