Investment Banking Philadelphia PA

Investment banks raise capital for large corporations and governments through issuing securities, assist in mergers and acquisitions and provide other services like trading derivatives, commodities and equity securities. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulates investment bankers, who must all be licensed broker-dealers. Many of these institutions are made up of a buy side, which deals with pension funds, mutual funds and hedge funds, and a sell side, which deals with trading and promoting securities. They help both corporations who wish to issue securities and investors wishing to buy, and are very important in the process of issuing security offerings.