Investment Banking

Investment Banking provides a broad range of financial products and services, including global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and capital raising services, corporate advisory, and comprehensive investment research.

Global Securities

The Global Securities department provides research, sales and trading capabilities across asset classes and geographies to our corporate and institutional clients, including mutual funds, pension funds, asset managers, hedge funds, insurance companies and banks.

The Equities department provides sales coverage and trading access to equity-related products and services, makes markets in exchange-traded and over-the-counter (non-listed) equities globally, as well as derivative products, such as options, futures, and convertible bonds. Equity sales teams advise clients on their investment process, often drawing on ideas provided by research.

Global Securities also offers sales, trading and research services in a wide range of global fixed income products, including global interest rate, foreign exchange and emerging markets products. The Fixed Income department makes markets in government securities across developed and emerging markets, and is an active market maker in foreign exchange, assisting clients in transactions in all major global currencies and providing foreign exchange research and advisory services.

Investment Banking

The Investment Banking department provides a complete range of financial advisory and capital-raising services to corporate clients, financial sponsors and governments worldwide. To meet the diverse needs of our clients, the department includes dedicated teams of industry, country and product experts.

The Mergers & Acquisitions Group (M&A group) is one of the world’s leading providers of advisory services. The group has assisted companies of all sizes to achieve competitive advantage through strategic transactions. Roles include advising corporate clients on the purchase or sale of entire businesses and subsidiaries, working with financial sponsors on the acquisition and disposal of portfolio companies, and providing companies and corporate boards of directors with strategic counsel on options related to unsolicited offers and other major events and transactions.

The Global Markets Solutions Group (GMSG) is a unique group of product experts focused on public debt and equity markets, private placements, leveraged finance and structured products, and on the development of optimal funding structures for our clients. These market specialists assist clients in a wide range of capital raising and financing activities, providing tailored solutions to achieve specific objectives, from the expansion of existing operations and the acquisition of other companies, to debt reduction and restructurings.