Investment Banking
Industry Description
The US investment banking industry includes about 3,000 companies with combined annual revenue of about $125 billion. Major companies include Bank of America's Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Lazard, and Jefferies. Investment banking is highly concentrated: the largest 50 firms generate more than 90 percent of industry revenue.
SIC: 6159
NAICS: 523110
NAICS: 523110
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Top 5 Companies
| Company | Sales | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | 39,310.00M | New York, NY |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | 36,793.00M | New York, NY |
| Macquarie Group Limited | 13,342.94M | Sydney, Australia |
| Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. | 13,259.27M | New York, NY |
| Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (U.K.) | 7,844.07M | London, United Kingdom |
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Consolidation - Investment banks have been merging with each other as...
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US corporate profits, an indicator of general US economic health which impacts investment banking, rose 7.9 percent in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.
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Citigroup Agrees to $285 Million Settlement with SEC - Citigroup, a leading financial services firm, agreed in October 2011 to pay $285 million in a settlement with the SEC over fraud charges related to...
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