List of investment banks


The following list catalogues the largest, most profitable, and otherwise notable investment banks. This list of investment banks notes full-service banks, financial conglomerates, independent investment banks, private placement firms and notable acquired, merged, or bankrupt investment banks. As an industry it is broken up into the Bulge Bracket, Middle Market, and boutique market.

Largest full-service investment banks

The following are the largest full-service global investment banks; full-service investment banks usually provide both advisory and financing banking services, as well as sales, market making, and research on a broad array of financial products, including equities, credit, rates, currency, commodities, and their derivatives. The largest investment banks are noted with the following:
  1. JPMorgan Chase
  2. Goldman Sachs
  3. BofA Securities
  4. Morgan Stanley
  5. Citigroup
  6. Credit Suisse
  7. Barclays Investment Bank
  8. Deutsche Bank
  9. UBS
  10. RBC Capital Markets
  11. Wells Fargo Securities
  12. HSBC
  13. Jefferies Group
  14. BNP Paribas
  15. Mizuho
  16. Lazard
  17. Nomura
  18. Evercore Partners
  19. BMO Capital Markets
  20. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Many of the largest investment banks are considered among the "Bulge Bracket banks" and as such underwrite the majority of financial transactions in the world. Additionally, banks seeking more deal flow with smaller-sized deals with comparable profitability are known as "Middle Market investment banks".

Financial conglomerates

Large financial-services conglomerates combine commercial banking, investment banking, and sometimes insurance. Such combinations were common in Europe but illegal in the United States prior to the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. The following are large investment banking firms that are affiliated with large financial institutions:
s, including firms that specialize in fundraising for private equity funds:
The following are notable investment banking and brokerage firms that have been liquidated, acquired or merged and no longer operate under the same name.