This document provides an overview of investment banking. It begins with a disclaimer noting that the information is intended as a general reference but cannot be relied upon. It then defines investment banking as assisting companies and governments in raising capital through securities issuance and mergers and acquisitions. The document outlines the product areas, front and back office functions, top investment banks, career opportunities and roles, required skills, and typical salaries in investment banking.

1. Investment banking

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3. Investment BankingInvestment Banking
An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals,
corporations, and governments in raising financial capital by underwriting
or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities (or both). 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 (fixed
income instruments, currencies, and commodities).

4. How the things work in here?
Product Industry
Company
Investment Banking
client

5. Capital markets M and A
Corporate Finance Project Finance
Asset Financing and Leasing Structured Finance
Restructuring Equities
High-grade debt Derivatives
Commodities Brokerage
Private Equity Cash management
Health consumer/retail
Energy Technology
Communications and media
Front officeFront office
Products
Industry
Sales Trading
Research

6. Middle Office
•Risk management
•Corporate treasury
•Compliance
•Corporate strategy
•Financial control
Back office
•Operations
•Technology

7. Books and references
• The Fast Track: The Insider's Guide to Winning Jobs in Management Consulting,
Investment Banking, and Securities Trading by Miriam Naficy.
• Investment Banking Explained: An Insider's Guide to the Industry
• Careers in Investment Banking by WetFeet.
• Vault Career Guide to Sales and Trading by Gabriel Kim.
• Your Career Is An Extreme Sport: Focus, Drive, Excel by Eileen Gunn

8. People and Their Stories:
Bernard Baruch: The Adventures of a Wall Street Legend.
Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst by Dan Reingold
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
by Ron Chernow.
Leading Investment Bankers: Heads of Ibanking from Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank etc.
Fiasco: Blood in the Water on Wall Street
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator,
Where are the Customers' Yachts?: A Good Hard Look at Wall Street

9. 1.Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2.Barclays Capital
3.Blackstone Group
4.CIBC
5.Citigroup
6.Credit Suisse
7.Deutsche Bank
8.Evercore Partners
9.Goldman Sachs
10.HSBC
11.JP Morgan
12.Lazard
13.Moelis & Co
14.Morgan Stanley
15.Nikko Securities
16.Nomura
17.Piper Jaffray
18.RBC
19.Torreya Partners
20.W.R. Hambrecht
Some employers

10. Career opportunities
Roles :
1.Managing director
2.Directors
3.Vice president
4.Associate
5.Analyst
6.Administrative assistants

11. Skills and Talents required
Skill Importance
People skills High
Sales skills Medium
Communication skills High
Analytical skills High
Ability to synthesize High
Creative ability High
Initiative Medium
Work hours 50-120/week

12. Salaries in investment banking

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