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Financial Services Companies

These guides on financial services companies are a great place to get started for planning your career and searching for jobs. Whether you want to know who major companies are in a specific country, industry, or profession, this library will point you in the right direction.

Explore the wide range of financial services companies that make up the world of corporate finance, including accounting firms, banks, institutions, and corporations. By knowing who the key players are, you’ll be in a much better place to start advancing your career. It’s important to do your research and develop a plan for networking within an industry, which is where we see these lists being the biggest help.

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List of Top Investment Banks

Top Investment Banks List Our students often want to know what the top investment banks in the world are so they can develop their employer target list (check out our free guide on how to get a job in investment banking). As part of our continuing effort to help you advance your career, we’ve compiled...

Boutique Investment Banks

What are Boutique Investment Banks? The boutique investment bank is different from its largest cousin, the bulge bracket investment bank, when it comes to size and services offered. Bulge bracket investment banks are often national or global in scale and offer a full range of financial services. In contrast, a boutique investment bank may only...

Bulge Bracket Investment Banks

List of bulge bracket investment banks Here’s a list of bulge bracket investment banks (in alphabetical order): Bank of America Merrill Lynch Barclays Capital Citigroup Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs JPMorganChase Morgan Stanley UBS What are bulge bracket investment banks? The “bulge bracket” consists of the world’s largest global investment banks, premier banking institutions that...

Middle Market Investment Banks

What are Middle Market Investment Banks? Middle market investment banks are financial institutions or intermediaries that deal mostly with mid-market firms, specifically for raising debt or equity capital as well as mergers and acquisitions. Middle market firms are mid-size businesses having annual revenues from $10 million up to $500 million and 100 to 2,000 employees....

Top 10 Private Equity Firms

Private equity firms Private Equity (PE) is an asset class and investing style that consists of buying an ownership interest in operating companies that are private – not publicly-traded. Common strategies within P.E. include leveraged buyouts (LBO), venture capital, growth capital, distressed investments, and mezzanine capital. Typically, a PE firm looks for firms that are undervalued,...

Lists of Finance Companies

Lists of the players in the capital markets, finance & accounting