What does an investment bank mean?

An investment bank is a financial institution. According to Investment Bank Online, the businesses of international investment banks include: corporate financing, mergers and acquisitions, financial consulting and other businesses. Investment banks are the main financial intermediaries in the capital market.

In China, investment banking business mainly includes: securities underwriting, securities trading, mergers and acquisitions, fund management, project financing, venture capital, credit asset securitization, etc.

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Broadest sense: institutions that operate all financial market businesses on Wall Street, including securities, insurance and real estate businesses;

Broadly speaking: institutions that operate all capital market businesses, that is, medium and long-term financing, including securities underwriting, private placement, corporate financing, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and fund management, but excluding securities retail, mortgage banking, insurance and real estate;

Narrow sense: institutions that operate part of the capital market business are mainly engaged in securities underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, excluding venture capital and fund management;

In the narrowest sense: institutions with the most traditional business only include financial institutions that underwrite securities in the primary market and finance and trade in the secondary market. It can be seen that marketable securities first refers to marketable securities.