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Financial conglomerates

Large financial-services conglomerates combine commercial banking and investment banking, and sometimes insurance. Such combinations were common in Germany but illegal in the United States prior to passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. The name of the bank's investment-bank affiliate is in parentheses where applicable.

+ Adams, Harkness and Hill - An investment bank focused on emerging growth companies.
+ Advest Group - Provides investment banking, securities brokerage, trading, investment management, retirement planning, estate planning, and trust services.
+ AIB Bank Investment and Securities Services - Provides investment services in equities, currency funds, property; also IFSC fund administration, global custody.
+ Alexander Hutton - Investment banking, venture capital and strategic consulting firm serving emerging growth and middle-market companies.
+ Allegiance Capital / Northstar International - Services include corporate divestitures, acquisition searches, merger consulting, strategic alliances, corporate finance, and debt settlement.
+ Allen C. Ewing & Co. - Specialising in mergers and acquisitions, valuations and fairness opinions, private placements, public offerings, and corporate restructurings.
+ Alterity Partners - Provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services to high growth companies in the technology and healthcare sectors.
+ Ambient Capital Group - Capital raising (equity and debt), mergers and acquisitions, corporate partnerships and strategic alliances, opinions, and financial advisory.
+ American Securities Capital Partners, LP - Private equity partnership that invests in privately and publically held profitable companies.
+ Arab Jordan Investment Bank
+ Asensio and Company, Inc. - Institutional investment bank specialising in corporate valuations and equity research.
+ Avendus - Offers private equity, merger and acquisition, and corporate advisory services to companies in the areas of technology and high growth services.
+ Bain Capital - Manages several pools of capital including private equity, high-yield assets, mezzanine capital, and public equity.
+ Baldwin & Associates, Inc.
+ Banc of America Securities - Features equity product and service offerings to institutional investors and companies interested in raising capital. Search extensive equity research library, sign up for instant alerts, and register for conferences.
+ Banco da Bahia
+ Bank Insinger de Beaufort
+ Bank Julius Baer - Includes information and contacts for all our services.
+ Bank of America Corporate Banking - Offering banking services to middle-market and large corporations, institutional investors, financial institutions, and government entities worldwide.
+ Banque Carnegie Luxembourg - Provides private banking services for high net worth individuals and specially tailored investment fund services for fund managers and promoters.
+ Barclays Capital - Investment banking division.
+ Baytree Capital Associates, LLC - Private international investment bank, with locations in New York, Milan, and Bermuda.
+ Bear Stearns - Investment banking and securities brokerage firm.
+ Bear Stearns: Corporate Cash Management - Offering corporate cash management solutions.
+ Beecken Petty & Company - Private investment management firm providing venture capital and management services for growth companies in the healthcare services industries.
+ Benelux Capital Partners, S.A. - Providing effective financial solutions for development, expansion, mergers, aquistions, and buy outs.
+ Bengur Bryan and Co. - Provides private placements, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and other financial advisory services to middle-market companies.
+ Bentley Associates LP - Full service investment banking firm.
+ Berenson & Company - Independent investment banking firm that provides financial advice and services to a broad range of public and private corporations, financial institutions, equity sponsors, and entrepeneurs. Berenson & Company helps clients achieve all their financial and strategic goals.
+ Blount Parrish and Company, Inc. - Investment banking firm specialising in tax-exempt municipal, solid waste, higher education, utility system and industrial project finance.
+ Brierley Investments Limited - Investor relations site for New Zealand's fourth largest public company.
+ Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. - Private bank founded in 1818, the firm provides global custody, investment, and financial services worldwide.
+ Brown, Gibbons & Lang & Company, L.P - Specialising in middle market companies.
+ Bulkley Capital, L.P. - Financial advisory and investment banking firm serving middle market companies.
+ Bushkin Associates, Inc. - Investment banking firm specialising in negotiated strategic mergers and acquisitions.
+ C.E. Unterberg, Towbin - Investment banking firm providing banking services, research and sales and trading support.
+ C.V. Lemmon & Co. - Specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance for growing companies, and business valuations.
+ Cappello Capital Corp. - Boutique investment banking organisation that specialises in the private placement of equity and equity-linked securities for publicly traded companies.
+ Carnegie Group - Investment banking and asset management firm with special focus on the Nordic region.
+ Carter Morse & Company - Connecticut investment banking firm specialising in raising debt and equity capital, mergers and acquisitions, and valuation studies for entrepreneurial companies.
+ Castle, Overmyer, Poole and Schubert (Cops Inc.) - Specialises in public financing projects for national and sub-national governmental authorities, particularly in the developing world.
+ Cedelbank - International clearing and settlement of over 115,000 securities, with USD 2 trillion of securities under custody. Tripartite repo and securities lending.
+ Chaffe & Associates, Inc. - Specialises in business valuation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance services, and services to financial institutions.
+ Channel Islands Equities - Provides traditional advisory and transactional private investment banking services to both emerging growth private companies, individual investors and strategic/financial buyers.
+ Chapman Company - Securities brokerage and investment banking firm serving domestic emerging markets.
+ Cheslock, Bakker & Associates, Inc. - Investment bank specialising in the financing and acquisition of commercial real estate.
+ CIBC World Markets - Full-service investment bank servicing corporate and institutional clients.
+ City Securities Corporation
+ Clearstream International - International clearing and settlement organisation, offering comprehensive services for domestic and cross-border equities and bonds as well as investment funds.
+ Cleary Gull - Securities brokerage, management, equity research, mergers and acquisitions and retirement planning.
+ College Savings Bank - Offers a variety of plans and instruments for saving for college.
+ Commercial IBT - Merchant investment bank dealing in money market activities, trustee and custodial services, corporate and trade finance, and corporate advisory.
+ Context Capital Group - Offering merger and acquisition and valuation services, structured finance and general advice to middle market companies.
+ Corporate Fuel Partners, LLC - Investment banking firm that provides mergers, acquisitions, and capital raising services to small and medium companies with revenues typically between $10 million and $100 million.
+ Cowen & Company
+ Credit Suisse - Global investment banking and securities firm working in close cooperation with Credit Suisse to serve both users and suppliers of capital around the world.
+ Cross Border Enterprises - International private equity financial advisory services for mid-sized companies in the U.S., developed markets, and selected emerging markets.
+ Curtis Financial Group, LLC - Offers business selling and acquisition, capital raising, and business valuation services.
+ Dakota Capital - Provides merger, acquisition, and financial advisory services to software and emerging technology companies.
+ De Bellas & Co. - Investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, and financial advisory services to staffing and information technology consulting businesses.
+ DecisionPoint International - Provides mergers, acquisitions, recapitalization, restructuring, and business valuation services.
+ DeSilva & Phillips, Inc. - Media investment bankers.
+ Deutsche Ausgleichsbank (DtA) - Supports investments in the future of Germany as a business location, such as business startups, environmental protection and innovative technological projects.
+ Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown - Investment banking and brokerage services.
+ Deutsche Bank New Zealand - Investment bank with four banking divisions. Deutsche securities, global markets, investment banking, and risk management advisory.
+ Deutsche Bank Offshore - Offers offshore banking, treasury, fund administration, and investment services to corporate and high-net-worth clients.
+ Dirks, Van Essen & Associates - Specialising in broker, mergers, acquisitions and appraisals of newspaper groups.
+ Dominion Partners, L.C. - Expertise in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and capital raising including senior debt, subordinated debt, and private equity.
+ Downer & Company - International corporate development advisors and investment bankers.
+ Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein - Investment banking, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions in global financial markets.
+ Duff & Phelps, LLC - Investment banking and financial advisory firm specialising in fairness opinions, business valuations, private placements, mergers, and acquisitions.
+ E InvestmentBank - Provides investors direct access to IPOs, secondary offerings, and private placements. Issuers can raise capital in online financial markets.
+ Environmental Financial Products Ltd. - Developing market-based solutions to social issues. Currently developing a carbon dioxide emissions trading programme using certified tradable offsets to prevent global warming.
+ EquiCo - International investment banking firm specialising in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and corporate finance for middle-market companies.
+ ETBA S.A. Hellenic Industrial Development Bank S.A
+ ETEBA - Investment banking affiliate of the National Bank of Greece.
+ Europa Partners - Specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, takeovers, stock exchange listings, management buy-outs, and general corporate advice.
+ First Albany Corporation
+ First Bank of Nigeria
+ First Financial Trust, N.A. - Federally chartered bank focused exclusively on investment management, trust administration, estate settlement, and personal financial planning.
+ First Institutional Securities
+ First London Securities - Investment bankers specialising in the small-cap market. Services include initial public offerings, secondaries, private placements, trading, fairness opinions.
+ Flint Creek Partners LLC - Provides investment banking solutions, venture capital, and financial advisory solutions to real estate firms.
+ Fredericks Michael - Provides financial advisory services on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, strategic alliances and joint ventures.
+ Freeman Spogli & Co. - Private equity investment firm dedicated to investing with management in growing companies.
+ Fremont Group - Private investment company with direct investment, marketable securities, energy, infrastructure, venture capital, and real estate divisions.
+ Friedman Billings Ramsey - Provides investment banking, institutional brokerage, asset management, and private client services through operating subsidiaries and invests in mortgage-backed securities and merchant banking opportunities.
+ Furman Selz - International financial services, investment banking, and securities firm specialising in corporate finance and capital raising.
+ Genesis Group - Investment banking group providing consulting, venture capital, and corporate finance to emerging growth companies.
+ Gilford Securities Incorporated - Offering public and private financing to companies of various types and investment advice to both retail and institutional clients.
+ Giza Group
+ Global Alliance Ltd - Venture investment bank offers strategic advisory, valuation, and mergers and acquisition consulting services. Offices in the U.S., Hong Kong, Japan, and the U.K.
+ Global Capital Partners - Operates a highly diversified investment banking and securities network.
+ GML International Limited - Specialising in international financial engineering and merchant banking, primarily in emerging and transition countries.
+ Goldman Sachs - Global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm.
+ Greene Holcomb & Fisher - Provides specialised merger, acquisition, and financial advisory services.
+ Greenwich Capital Markets - Trading, finance, and investment banking in fixed-income markets.
+ Greif & Co. - Provides financial advisory services and execution for middle market growth companies.
+ Gruppo, Levey & Co. - Specialises exclusively in financial and strategic advisory services for all sectors of the direct marketing industry.
+ GS Private Equity Pty Ltd - Australian investor specialising in management buyouts and management buyins.
+ Harris Williams & Co. - Middle market mergers and acquisition investment bank. Harris Williams & Co. provides sellside and buyside advisory, capital raising, and fairness opinions to clients worldwide.
+ Helaba Trust GmbH - Investment and research subsidiary of Landesbank-Thueringen-Hessen, which ranks among Germany s major banks.
+ Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin - A national investment banking firm serving more than 5,000 clients over the past 25 years. Houlihan Lokey's specialties include business and securities valuation and financial opinions, and more.
+ Howard Frazier Barker Elliott - Providing valuation, financial advisory, and investment banking services to privately held and publicly traded companies.
+ HSBC Equities - Provides brokerage, corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions in global equity and equity linked markets.
+ Icelandic Investment Bank, The (FBA) - Provides financial services to the Icelandic corporate sector.
+ Imperial Capital, LLC. - Boutique investment bank providing institutional asset management with an investor orientation.
+ ING - Provides investment banking, insurance, and asset management services.
+ Innovation Capital Investment Bankers - Middle market investment banking firm. Innovation Capital Investment Bankers provide expert merger and acquisition, corporate finance, restructuring, and valuation advisory services to the gaming, leisure, and hospitality industries.
+ International Investment Banking, Inc. - Dedicated to discovering effectual, young companies and helping them grow and achieve their capitalization goals.
+ Investec - International banking group offering corporate, investment, and private banking; asset management; securities trading and distribution.
+ InvestPrivate - Helping to create wealth for clients by isolating undervalued equities in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on the biotechnology sector.
+ Investraders International Corporation - Makes venture capital investments, and provides other investment banking services.
+ J Giordano Securities Group - Independent, privately-owned full-service investment banking and brokerage firm.
+ Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. - Investment bankers to the media, exposition, information, and software industries.
+ JPMorgan - Holding company for subsidiaries engaged globally in banking, financial advisory, securities underwriting, trading and investment fund management services, and market making.
+ Katalyst - Offers business advisory, venture capital, and investment banking services.
+ Kaufman Bros., LP - Full-service investment bank specialising in information technology companies, small to mid-size, within the emerging growth marketplace.
+ Ladenburg Thalmann - Offers services for corporate, institutional, and individual clients.
+ Lehman Brothers - Is engaged in global investment banking, raising capital through underwriting and placements, merchant banking, corporate finance services, securities trading, and commodities.
+ Lenox Group, The - Atlanta middle-market investment bank specialising in mergers and acquisitions advisory and capital raising transactions.
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+ Lorne House Trust Limited
+ Luntz, Suleiman & Associates, Inc. - Investment bankers to the information, publishing, education and training industries.
+ M&A Online, Inc
+ Mandeville Partners, LLC - Venture capital and investment banking services specialising in small to mid-size companies in telecommunications and related businesses.
+ Mann, Armistead and Epperson, Ltd. (MAE) - Investment banking and advisory firm that serves the needs of private and public middle market companies.
+ Marriott Merchant Bank - Durban based bank, specialising in South African corporate finance, treasury services, mergers, acquisitions, and listing on the JSE.
+ McDaniels & Co. - Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and corporate finance advisory services in the United States and Europe.
+ Merrill Lynch - Underwriter of debt and equity securities, strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals, and manager of private client assets.
+ Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. - Securities broker-dealer and investment bank focused on emerging growth companies and growth-oriented institutional investors.
+ Morgan Lewis Githens & Ahn - Investment bank serving middle market companies.
+ Morgan Stanley - Global financial services firm that serves a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals.
+ N M Rothschild and Sons (1)
+ Nassau Group, Inc. - Investment banking firm offering merger, acquisition, and capital raising services.
+ Natexis Banques Populaires - International bank specialising in asset management, commerce insurance, private equity, investment banking, and financial engineering services.
+ National Capital Companies - Services include capital procurement, financial engineering, mergers, and acquisitions.
+ Needham & Company, Inc. - Specialises in providing investment banking services to emerging growth companies.
+ NevWest Securities - Features a level-3 securities brokerage, offering trading, research, and investment banking.
+ Newbury, Piret & Company, Inc. - Providing a full range of corporate finance services, including M&A advisory and valuations, to middle-market public and private companies.
+ Nomura Group - Global financial services group.
+ hman Fondkommission
+ Operation Hope - Nonprofit organisation focusing on inner city investment banking needs.
+ Pacific Century Investment Services Inc. - Offers investments and trust services, private banking, and estate and retirement planning.
+ Pacific Growth Equities - Research driven investment bank specialising in technology-based emerging growth companies.
+ Pangaea Partners, Ltd - Investment banking and financial consulting services in emerging markets.
+ Parker/Hunter Incorporated - Independently owned stock brokerage and investment banking firm, with offices located in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
+ Pershing - Provider of comprehensive brokerage execution, clearance, data processing, and investment products and services to financial organisations worldwide.
+ Promontory Financial Group, LLC - Provides merchant banking, strategic planning, restructuring, and wealth management services.
+ Pullman Group - Principal investment bank and speciality finance company servicing the entertainment and intellectual property industries.
+ Punk, Ziegel & Knoell - Investment bank providing services to companies in the healthcare and technology areas.
+ Putnam Lovell NBF Securities - Global practice in mergers and aquisitions, structured finance, equity research, equity sales and trading, and private equity investing.
+ Redwood Capital Group - Investment bank and private equity firm serving growth companies in the technology, communications, and media industries.
+ Reed Wasden & Associates - Merchant bank with primary business in research, investments, and wealth management.
+ Resource Financial Corporation - Investment services firm providing investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and planning, and strategy development services.
+ Richmond Securities - Specialises in bridging loans, development financing, building finance, and property development finance.
+ Robert H. Perry and Associates, Inc. - Initiates and manages transactions for sellers of security guard companies. Also provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services to middle-market companies.
+ Roth Capital Partners, Inc.
+ Rutberg & Company - Research-oriented bank raising private equity capital for companies in emerging growth sectors.
+ Sage Group - Middle market investment bank.
+ Sandler O'Neill & Partners - Full-service investment banking firm providing advisory and transaction services to the financial industry.
+ Schroders - International asset management group. Clients include corporations, insurance companies, local and public authorities, charities, pension funds, high net worth individuals, and retail investors.
+ Scotia Capital - Represents the global corporate and investment banking operations of the Scotiabank Group.
+ SG Capital - Provides merger and acquisition, venture capital, and private equity financing advisory services.
+ Shattan Group, LLC - Independent investment banking firm specialised in raising, as agent, private equity and equity-related capital for private and public emerging growth/middle market companies.
+ Shattuck Hammond Partners - Independent, full service investment bank serving healthcare organisations, middle market companies, and speciality not-for-profit institutions.
+ Sino Securities International Limited - Focusing on telecommunication/internet and pharmaceuticals.
+ SmallCaps Online - Providing a variety of financing, banking, development, and investor relations, and investment research services.
+ Smith Barney - Provides brokerage, investment banking, and asset management services to corporations, governments, and individuals around the world.
+ St James Partnership, The - U.K. merger and acquisition (M&A) advisors in publishing, information, and media, based in London.
+ Stephens, Inc. - Offers capital management, investment banking, insurance and mutual fund services, institutional sales and trading, and research.
+ Sterling Payot Company - Advice on strategic and financial issues. investments in people and companies. "Quote-of-the-Week" with caricatures.
+ Stifel Nicolaus (1)
+ Stone & Youngberg LLC - Full service brokerage firm offering investors a variety of products and services.
+ Stonemark Investment Bankers
+ Stratagem Partnering Inc. - Manages strategic partnering transactions - mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic capital raising - for software companies.
+ Strategic Partners, Inc. - Underwriting NASDAQ-qualified companies to go public with IPO services, mergers, acquisitions, banking, and investor relations.
+ Sucsy, Fischer & Company - Provides investment banking services to middle-market companies.
+ Sumitomo Bank Capital Markets, Inc - Offices also located in London and Hong Kong.
+ SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Capital Markets - Division of SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. providing institutional trading, growth company research, and investment banking services including debt and equity financing, mergers, and acquisitions.
+ Taglich Brothers - Investment banking, equity research, and institutional sales and trading capabilities are coordinated to provide MicroCap clients with investment banking services.
+ Taylor Companies - Investment bank providing services in divestitures, mergers, and acquisitions using strategic synergy.
+ Third Security - Invests in and acquires businesses on the basis of present and potential future cash flows.
+ Thomas Weisel Partners - Merchant bank providing investment banking, institutional brokerage, private client services, and private equity investing.
+ U.S. Trust - Investment management company that also provides private banking and trust and estate, tax and financial planning services.
+ UBS Investment Bank - Global securities and investment banking firm, providing a full spectrum of products to institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds worldwide.
+ Union Bank - Private Algerian investment bank.
+ Updata Capital, Inc. - Investment banking firm specialising in mergers and acquisitions for the information technology (IT) industry.
+ Veber Partners - Specialises in raising capital, corporate sales, mergers, acquisitions, and financial restructurings.
+ VelocityHealth Capital, Inc. - Funds health care and technology companies.
+ Veronis Suhler Stevenson - Private equity and investment banking for the communications, media, publishing, broadcasting, interactive digital media, b2b, and information industries.
+ W. Y. Campbell & Company - Specialising in middle market mergers and acquisitions targeting the sale of companies and corporate divestitures.
+ Wallace Willmore Cromwell & Co., LLC - Dedicated to serving middle market companies that require capital and financial advisory services.
+ Waller Capital - Investment bank for the cable television, cable programming and telephony industries.
+ Walter Greenblatt & Associates - Provides investment banking and consulting services to biotechnology companies.
+ Waterous Securities Inc - Independent investment and merchant bank devoted exclusively to the energy industry.
+ William Blair & Company, L.L.C. - Employee-owned investment banking firm providing a full range of financing and brokerage services.
+ Woodbury Partners - Provides investment banking, consulting, and advisory services to start-ups and privately held companies in the health care, biotechnology, and high tech field.
+ WR Hambrecht + Co (8)