List of investment banks
The following list catalogues the largest, most profitable, and otherwise notable
Largest full-service investment banks
The following are the largest full-service global investment banks; full-service investment banks usually provide both advisory and
financing banking services, as well as sales, market making, and research on a broad array of financial products, including equities, credit, rates, currency, commodities, and their derivatives. The largest investment banks are noted with the following:[3][4]
- JPMorgan Chase
- Goldman Sachs
- BofA Securities
- Morgan Stanley
- Citigroup
- UBS
- Deutsche Bank
- HSBC
- Barclays
- RBC Capital Markets
- Wells Fargo Securities
- Jefferies Group
- BNP Paribas
- Mizuho
- Lazard
- Nomura
- Evercore Partners
- BMO Capital Markets
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Many of the largest investment banks are considered among the "
Financial conglomerates
Large financial-services conglomerates combine
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. The following are large investment banking firms (not listed above) that are affiliated with large financial institutions:[6]
- ABN AMRO[7]
- Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS Capital Services)
- Banco Bradesco
- Banco Santander
- Bank of China (BOC International Holdings)
- Bank of Communications (BOCOM International Holdings)
- BBVA
- Berenberg Bank
- CIBC World Markets)
- China CITIC Bank
- China Construction Bank (CCB International Holdings)
- CIMB
- Commerzbank
- Crédit Agricole
- Daiwa Securities
- DBS Bank (Capital Markets Group)
- Desjardins Group (Desjardins Capital Markets)
- Handelsbanken
- ICICI Bank
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC International Holdings)
- ING Group
- Intesa Sanpaolo (Banca IMI)
- Is Investment)
- Itaú Unibanco (Itaú BBA)
- BTG Pactual
- KBC Bank
- KeyCorp(KeyBanc Capital Markets)
- Kotak Mahindra Bank
- Laurentian Bank of Canada (Laurentian Bank Securities)
- Lloyds Banking Group (Lloyds Bank Wholesale Banking & Markets)
- M&T Bank
- Macquarie Group
- Maybank
- Mediobanca
- Mizuho Financial Group
- National Bank of Canada (National Bank Financial Markets)
- Natixis
- Nordea
- Harris Williams & Company)
- Rabobank
- RHB Bank
- / Rothschild & Co
- Sanlam
- Sberbank
- Scotiabank (Scotia Capital)
- SEB
- Société Générale
- Standard Bank
- Standard Chartered Bank
- State Bank of India (SBI Capital Markets)
- Stifel Financial(Stifel Nicolaus)
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
- SunTrust(Robinson Humphrey)
- TD Securities
- Truist Financial
- UniCredit (UBM)
- VTB Bank (VTB Capital)
Private placement companies
Private placement agents, including companies that specialize in fundraising for private equity funds:[8][9]
- Atlantic-Pacific Capital
- Campbell Lutyens
- Cogent Partners
- Helix Associates
- J.P. Morgan Cazenove
- Park Hill Group
- Probitas Partners
Other notable advisory and capital markets firms
The following is a list of other boutique advisory firms and capital markets firms that have some notability:[citation needed]
- BDO International(BDO Capital Advisors)
- Berkery, Noyes & Co
- BG Capital
- BGR Capital & Trade
- Brewin Dolphin
- Capital One (Capital One Securities)
- Deloitte (Deloitte Corporate Finance)
- Duff & Phelps
- Ernst & Young (Ernst & Young Capital Advisors)
- KPMG (KPMG Corporate Finance)
- Marlin & Associates
- PwC (PwC Corporate Finance)
- Roth MKM
- Sheshunoff Management Services
Notable former investment banks and brokerages
The following are notable investment banking and brokerage firms that have been liquidated, acquired or merged and no longer operate under the same name.
Firm | Fate |
A.G. Becker & Co.
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acquired by Merrill Lynch in 1984
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A.G. Edwards
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acquired by Wachovia in 2007 |
Alex. Brown & Sons | ultimately part of Deutsche Bank, survives as minor business unit |
The Argosy Group
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acquired by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1995 |
Babcock & Brown | collapsed 2009, liquidation of its assets |
BancAmerica Robertson Stephens | acquired by Banc of America Securities
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Barings
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collapsed 1995; assets acquired by ING Bank
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Bear Stearns | collapsed 2008; assets acquired by JPMorgan Chase |
Blyth, Eastman Dillon & Co. | merged with Paine Webber in 1979 |
Bowles Hollowell Connor & Co.
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acquired by First Union in 1998 |
Brown Bros. & Co. | merged with Harriman Brothers & Company in 1931 to form Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
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BT Alex. Brown
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acquired by Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown
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C.E. Unterberg, Towbin | acquired by Collins Stewart in 2007
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Commodities Corporation | acquired by Goldman Sachs in 1997 and renamed Goldman Sachs Princeton |
Dain Rauscher Wessels | bought by Royal Bank of Canada in 2000 |
Dean Witter Reynolds | merged with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter , subsequently the Dean Witter name was eliminated
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Dillon, Read & Company
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acquired by UBS AG
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Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette | acquired by Credit Suisse in 2001 |
Drexel Burnham Lambert | liquidated 1990 |
E.F. Hutton & Co.
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acquired by Shearson Lehman/American Express in 1988, ultimately part of Lehman Brothers
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First Boston Corporation
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merged with Credit Suisse in 1988 to form CS First Boston , renamed "Credit Suisse First Boston" in 1996 and "Credit Suisse" in 2006
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First Union Securities | acquired by Wachovia in 2002 to form Wachovia Securities |
G.H. Walker & Co.
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acquired by White Weld & Co in 1974 and ultimately part of Merrill Lynch
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Giuliani Capital Advisors
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the investment banking division of Giuliani Partners was sold to Macquarie Group in 2007 |
Goodbody & Co. | merged into Merrill Lynch in 1970
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Gruntal & Co. | acquired by Ryan Beck & Co. in 2002 |
H.B. Hollins & Co.
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liquidated in 1913 |
Halsey, Stuart & Co. | ultimately part of Wachovia |
Hambrecht & Quist | acquired by Chase Manhattan Bank in 1999 and ultimately part of JPMorgan Chase; H&Q name continues as investment advisor
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Hambros Bank | acquired by Société Générale in 1998 |
Harriman Brothers & Company
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merged with Brown Bros. & Co. in 1931 to form Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. |
Hayden, Stone & Co. | acquired Shearson Hammill & Co. in 1974 and assumed the Shearson name; ultimately acquired by American Express in 1981.
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HBOS | acquired by Lloyds TSB to form the Lloyds Banking Group in 2009
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Hill Samuel | acquired by Lloyds TSB
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Hornblower & Weeks | investment bank acquired by Shearson/American Express
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J.&W. Seligman & Co.
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investment bank ultimately part of UBS AG ; continues as asset manager
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J.C. Bradford & Co. | acquired by UBS AG
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John Nuveen & Co.
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IBD acquired by Nuveen Investments, which is controlled by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners
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Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | acquired by Stifel in 2012, still maintain independent branding |
Kidder, Peabody & Co.
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acquired by UBS AG
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Kleinwort Benson | acquired by Dresdner Bank in 1995 |
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. | ultimately part of Lehman Brothers |
L.F. Rothschild | ultimately part of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, with parts sold to Oppenheimer; not to be confused with Rothschild & Co (the result of a merger of the British N.M. Rothschild & Sons with the French Rothschild & Cie); see Rothschild family |
Lee, Higginson & Co. | liquidated 1932 |
Lehman Brothers | bankrupt in 2008, asset sold to Barclays Capital and Nomura Holdings
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Llama Company | ultimately defunct in 1998 after departure of Alice Walton |
Loeb, Rhoades & Co. | acquired by Shearson/American Express
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McColl Partners | acquired by Deloitte in 2013 to form Deloitte Corporate Finance |
Mendelssohn & Co. | Nazis in 1938, sold in parts to Deutsche Bank
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Merrill Lynch & Co. | acquired by Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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Miller Buckfire & Co. | acquired by Stifel in 2012, still maintains independent branding |
Montgomery Securities | acquired by NationsBank in 1997 and integrated into NationsBanc Capital Markets to form NationsBanc Montgomery Securities |
Morgan & Cie
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acquired by Morgan Stanley in 1967 and incorporated as Morgan et Compagnie International in Morgan Stanley International Incorporated in 1975 |
Monnet, Murnane & Co. | liquidated 1945 |
Morgan Grenfell
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acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1990 |
Morgan, Harjes & Co. | renamed Morgan & Cie in 1926 and acquired by Morgan Stanley in 1926 |
Paine Webber | acquired by UBS AG in 2000.
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Park Ryan | liquidated 1979 |
Prudential Securities | acquired by Wachovia in 2003 |
Reynolds Securities | merged with Dean Witter & Co. in 1978 to form Dean Witter Reynolds, subsequently merged with Morgan Stanley
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Robert Fleming & Co. | acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2000. |
Robertson Stephens | acquired by BancAmerica Robertson Stephens. Sold again in 1998 to BankBoston (later FleetBoston Financial and would operate as Robertson Stephens from 1998–2002, when the firm was shuttered after the collapse of the Internet bubble
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Roosevelt & Son | Broken up into three firms in 1934: Roosevelt & Son (liquidated), Dick & Merle Smith
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Ryan Beck & Co. | acquired by Stifel in 2007 |
S. G. Warburg & Co
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ultimately part of M.M. Warburg or Warburg Pincus; see Warburg family
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Salomon Brothers | acquired by Travelers Group in 1997, ultimately part of Citigroup
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Schroders | investment bank bought by Citigroup in 2000; continues as asset manager |
Shearson/American Express
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acquired Shearson Lehman Brothers
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Shearson, Hammill & Co. | renamed Shearson Loeb Rhoades after the 1979 acquisition of Loeb, Rhoades & Co. in 1979; acquired by American Express in 1981 to form Shearson/American Express
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Shearson Lehman Hutton
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renamed Shearson Lehman Brothers in 1990 and split up in 1993 with the IPO of Lehman Brothers and the sale of the retail and brokerage operations to Primerica
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Soundview Technology Group
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Acquired by Charles Schwab in 2003. |
Swiss Bank Corporation | merged with UBS AG
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Union Bank of Switzerland | merged with UBS AG
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Wachovia Securities | acquired by Wells Fargo in 2008 and renamed Wells Fargo Securities
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Wasserstein Perella & Co. | bought by Dresdner Bank in 2000. |
Wertheim & Co. | acquired by Schroders, and ultimately by Salomon Smith Barney
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White Weld & Co. | bought by Merrill Lynch in 1978.
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Wood Gundy | acquired by the CIBC World Markets in 1997
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See also
- List of private-equity firms
- List of investment banking private equity groups
- List of asset management firms
- Sovereign wealth fund
- List of exchange-traded funds
- Boutique investment bank
References
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- ^ ABN AMRO Bank N.V. was acquired by a consortium of Fortis, RBS and Santander in October 2007. Since October 2009 ABN AMRO is owned by the state of the Netherlands.
- ^ Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, Special Section "Sources of Capital", page 23 "Placement Agent Ranking" Total Raised From New LPs http://img.en25.com/Web/DowJonesFIS/2010%20SOC.pdf
- ^ Excludes placement agent groups within large investment banks. Top Placement Agents at End of 2008. Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2009