Sell-side
“Regional” Boutiques Product Hamilton Ventures
(M+A Real Estate)
Stormharbour (Trading)
Commerzbank
Lloyds
BNP Paribas
BBVA
Geography Frontier secs (Mongolia)
Cavendish (UK)
EFG Hermes (ME)
“Middle Market” Industry Fox Pitt Kelton (financial services)
Delta Partners (TMT)
Standard Bank
RBS
Stan Chartd.
Groupo Santander
RBC
Societe Generale
RBS
“Bulge” Bracket / Tier 1 Bank of America
Barclays Capital
Citi
Credit Suisse
Nomura
Morgan Stanley
UBS
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
JP Morgan
Lazard
Rothschild
Jefferies
Moelis
Houlihan Lokey
Investment Banking – Market Segmentation https://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/boutique-middle-market-bulge-bracket/
IBD
M&A, large capital projects, IPO, DCM, ECM
Product Focus Geographic Coverage Industry Focus Investment Banking – Investment Banking Division (IBD)
IBD Project Life Cycle
Step 1: Consulting firm advises on strategy: financing vs cutting costs vs spinning off unit
Step 4: Time to pull in the “public” side of the firm who works with investors and get their sign-off that the recommended transaction will be attractive to investors…
Challenge: Telecom company needs to raise money
Step 2: Telecom banker prepares pitch book. Coordinates product experts to prepare sections on product alternatives, e.g. equity vs debt
Step 3: Telecom banker updates financial model of company to provide parameters to equity bankers to determine how the equity should be structured