List of Investment Banks

The following is a list of investment banks.

The following are the largest full-service global investment banks; full-service investment banks usually provide both advisory and financing banking services, as well as sales, market making, and research on a broad array of financial products, including equities, credit, rates, currency, commodities, and their derivatives:

Large financial-services conglomerates combine commercial banking, investment banking, and sometimes insurance. Such combinations were common in Europe but illegal in the United States prior to the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. The following are large investment banking firms (not listed above) that are affiliated with large financial institutions.

The name of the investment banking affiliate is in parentheses, if noticeably distinct from the name of the parent bank.

Independent investment banks, large cap brokerage firms, and underwriters of securities that are not affiliated with commercial banks:

Private placement agents, including firms that specialize in fundraising for private equity funds:

The following is a list of other boutique advisory firms and capital markets firms that have some notability:

The following are notable investment banking and brokerage firms that have been liquidated, acquired or merged and no longer operate under the same name.

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