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Investment Banks
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The investment banks industry is large and far reaching because of the services it provides to the economy and government. An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations, and governments in raising capital by underwriting and acting on their behalf in the issuance of securities. They also assist companies involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and provide ancillary services such as market making, derivatives trading, fixed income instruments, foreign exchange, commodities, and equity securities.
Investment banks trace their roots back to the 1600s when early European merchant banks helped finance foreign trade and accumulated funds for long-term investments overseas. As business and trade crossed the Atlantic,
merchant banks became more prominent and served as the financial engines of the 18th and 19th centuries. The success of the merchant banking model was eventually replicated by financial firms across the world and has been
transformed into what we know now as investment banking. Despite their troubles in recent years, investment banks remain an important engine of the world economy and continue to fuel the operations of many Western economies.
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