BUS 082 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Actin, Market Maker, Investment Banking

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Business (BUS)
• Course: BUS 082
• Professor: Porterfield

Document Summary

The business of raising capital for clients and advising them on financing and merger alternatives. Giving financial advice to corporate or government-related clients and helping them raise capital. Giving strategic advice to corporate clients to enhance shareholder value through acquisitions, divestitures, mergers or restructurings. Providing financing, risk management and other securities services to investing clients. Taking trading risk positions in financial instruments to provide investment opportunities and liquidity for investing clients. Investing the firm"s own capital on a proprietary basis. Investment banking serves public and private sector clients around the world. Provide financial advisory services and help companies raise capital to strengthen and grow their businesses. Goal is to deliver to our institutional clients the entire resources of the firm in a seamless fashion, with investment banking serving as the main initial point of contact. Financial advisory includes strategic advisory assignments with respect to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, spin -offs and risk management.