Finance and Insurance is an industry group that mainly handles the transfer of paper and money, "financial assets". These include: Accounting, Asset Management, Electronic Communications Networks, Financial Services Regulatory Agencies, Investment Banking Investment Firms, Investment Funds, Lending, Outsourced Financial Products & Services Marketing, Securities Brokers & Traders, Stock Exchanges, Trade Facilitation, and Transaction, Credit & Collections. Money is a marketable good or token that acts as a store of value, a medium of exchange and a unit of account. ...

RANKING: Banks and S&L's are commonly ranked, or jugded, by either; total assests, "assets under management" ("AUM"), or net income. Unlike other industries where the companies are ranked by revenue (sales).

(many of these companies belong in one or more of these categories.)

Sub Groups

Diversified Financial:

• Citigroup
• Mizuho Holdings
• Bank of America
• JP Morgan Chase
• HSBC
• Deutsche Bank
• American Express

Citigroup Inc. ... Mizuho Holdings, Inc. ... Bank of America (BofA) (NYSE: BAC) is the largest bank in the United States of America, in terms of deposits. ... J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. ... HSBC logo HSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC), (LSE: HSBA) , (HKSE: 005) , (Euronext: HSBC) , is one of the largest banking groups in the world. ... Headquarters of the Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt am Main Deutsche Bank AG (German for German Bank) is a multinational bank operating worldwide and employing almost 70,000 people (2004). ... American Express (NYSE: AXP) is a diversified global financial services company headquartered in the United States. ...

Banks and Savings & Loans:

• ANZ Bank
• ABN AMRO
• Bank of New York
• Royal Bank of Scotland
• Wells Fargo
• Golden West Financial
• Bank of China
• Washington Mutual
• Wachovia Corporation
• Fifth Third Bank
• BB&T Corporation
• National City Corporation
• U.S. Bancorp
• PNC Financial Services
• SunTrust Banks
• Regions Financial
• AEGON N.V.
• BNP Paribas
• National Australia Bank
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• Toronto-Dominion Bank
• Royal Bank of Canada
• Bank of Montreal
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
• Bank of Nova Scotia
• National Bank of Canada
• IGM Financial
• Credit Suisse
• Banco Santander Central Hispano
• Grupo Financiero Banamex
• Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer
• Banco do Brasil
• Standard Chartered
• Credicorp Ltd.
• Banco Santander Santiago
• Banco Bradesco
• Carlisle Holdings Limited

For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). ... The ANZ Bank (Australia And New Zealand Banking Group Limited) is one of the largest Australia. ... ABN AMRO is the largest bank in the Netherlands and has operations all over the world. ... Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Corporation stubs | Banks of the United States | Companies based in New York City ... The Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: RBS) is one of Scotlands four national clearing banks and one of the oldest in the UK, founded in Edinburgh in 1727 by Royal Charter. ... Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified financial services company in the United States, with consumer finance subsidiaries doing business in Canada, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Caribbean. ... The Bank of China (中国银行, pinyin: Zhōngguó Yínháng) is one of the big four banks in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Washington Mutual, (NYSE: WM) despite its name, is a stock financial services company based in Seattle, Washington. ... Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB) is a large banking chain in the United States. ... Fifth Third Bank (5/3 Bank) is a U.S. regional banking corporation, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... The BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) is one of Americas ten largest banks. ... The National City Corporation (NYSE: NCC) is one of the ten largest in America (among other in terms of deposits). ... U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) is a financial services holding company, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... PNC Financial Services (NYSE: PNC) is a large bank holding company. ... SunTrust Banks, Inc. ... BNP Paribas ( Euronext: BNP) ( TYO: 8665) is one of the main banks in Europe and France. ... The National Australia Bank (sometimes the National or the NAB) is the largest bank in Australia. ... The Commonwealth Bank is the second largest bank in Australia, after National Australia Bank. ... The Toronto-Dominion Bank (or TD Bank) offers a range of financial products and services. ... The Royal Bank of Canada is Canadas largest chartered bank. ... BMO Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO) (NYSE: BMO), formerly known as simply Bank of Montreal, is Canadas oldest chartered bank. ... CIBC (NYSE: BCM) is one of Canadas major banks. ... Scotiabank, formally known as The Bank of Nova Scotia, is one of Canadas Big Six banks. ... National Bank of Canada is the sixth largest bank in Canada, and so is one of the Big Six banks. ... The Credit Suisse Group is the second-largest financial services company in Switzerland, behind longtime rival UBS. It was founded in 1856 under the name Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA, Swiss Credit Institution). ... Banco do Brasil is the main bank in Brazil. ... Standard Chartered Bank is a British bank headquartered in London with operations in many countries , especially in Asia and Africa. ... Banco Bradesco (Banco Brasileiro de Descontos; Bradesco Bank) is the largest private Brazil; it has more than 2,600 branches. ...

Insurance:

• AIG
• AXA
• Allstate
• Geico
• Zurich Financial Services
• Swiss Re
• Munich Re
• Allianz
• Scor
• Chubb Corporation
• CGNU
• Berkshire Hathaway
• Lloyd's of London
• MetLife

Insurance is the business of providing protection against financial aspects of risk, such as those to property, life, health and legal liability. ... American International Group, Inc. ... Axa SA is a French insurance company engaged in financial protection and wealth management. ... The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) is the largest publicly held personal lines insurer in the United States. ... GEICO is a personal lines car insurance company in the United States. ... Zurich Financial Services is the UK subsidiary of the Swiss Zurich Group. ... Swiss Re is the worlds second-largest reinsurance company, and the worlds largest life and health reinsurer. ... Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft (also Munich Re in English) is the worlds largest reinsurance company based in Munich, Germany. ... Allianz Group, with $128 billion of revenue during 2003, is Germanys largest, and one of the worlds largest financial services providers with a focus on the insurance business. ... Diversity Chubb Corporation received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign starting in 2004, the third year of the report. ... Berkshire Hathaway ( NYSE: BRKa) is a company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. ... Lloyds of London is a British insurance market. ... MetLife, Inc. ...

Investment Banks:

• Goldman Sachs
• Lehman Brothers
• Bear Stearns
• Morgan Stanley
• Credit Suisse First Boston
• Lazard
• Nomura
• UBS
• JP Morgan Chase
• ING

Investment banks assist corporations in raising funds in the public markets (both equity and debt), as well as provide strategic advisory services for mergers, acquisitions and other types of transactions. ... The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ... Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH) is an investment banking and financial services firm. ... Bear Stearns Companies Inc. ... Morgan Stanley is an investment bank founded in New York on September 5, 1935. ... Categories: Corporation stubs | Banks of the United States | Investment banks ... Lazard LLC is a New York-based, independent investment bank with more than 2,500 employees in Asia, North America, and Europe. ... The Nomura Group (野村グループ; Nomura gurūpu) is an international conglomerate of financial services and consulting companies, headquartered in the Nihombashi district of Tokyo, Japan. ... UBS can refer to: UBS AG, a banking group Unbundled Bitstream Services United Building Society - the name of several financial institutions in different countries around the world. ... J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. ... Ing can refer to one of the following: In Old English tradition and as supposed eponymous ancestor of the Ingvaeones (as well as the rune ᛜ/ᛝ named after him) see Yngvi. ...

Financial Consultants:

• Merrill Lynch
• Morgan Stanley
• Smith Barney
• Charles Schwab

Merrill Lynch & Co. ... Morgan Stanley is an investment bank founded in New York on September 5, 1935. ... Smith Barney is the retail brokerage division of Citigroup. ... Charles Schwab can refer to: Charles M. Schwab, 19th century industrialist and financier. ...

Mutual Fund & Money Managers:

• Fidelity
• Vanguard
• Capital Group Companies
• Putnam
• Janus
• Merrill Lynch
• MFS
• Prudential
• TIAA-CREF
• State Street Global
• Barclays
• Deutsche Bank
• JP Morgan
• Fleming
• Morgan Stanley
• Northern Trust

For the financial services company, see Fidelity Investments. ... A vanguard is the forward division in an army. ... Putnam is the name of several places in the United States of America, all named for Israel Putnam, who was a general in the American Revolutionary War: Putnam, Connecticut Putnam County, Florida Benjamin A. Putnam, an officer in the First Seminole War and local Florida politician. ... Janus may refer to Janus, the two-faced Roman god of gates, doors, beginnings, endings and doorways. ... Merrill Lynch & Co. ... This article is about Stasi, the secret police of East Germany. ... Prudential plc is a United Kingdom based financial services company. ... TIAA-CREF is one of the largest financial services companies in the United States, with some $320 billion in assets under management as of the second quarter of 2004. ... State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is a bank holding company based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Barclays Bank is the fourth largest bank in the United Kingdom. ... Headquarters of the Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt am Main Deutsche Bank AG (German for German Bank) is a multinational bank operating worldwide and employing almost 70,000 people (2004). ... J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. ... A Fleming is an inhabitant of Flanders. ... Morgan Stanley is an investment bank founded in New York on September 5, 1935. ...

Hedge Fund Managers:

• Cargill
• Soros Fund Management
• Mellon Financial Corporation
• Citadel Investment Group
• BlackRock, Inc.
• Pequot Capital Management
• RAB Capital
• UBS Investment Bank
• Andor Capital Management
• Greenlight Capital

The term hedge fund dates back to the first such fund founded by Alfred Winslow Jones in 1949. ... Minnesota based Cargill is the worlds largest privately held corporation, with 2004 revenues of US$62. ... Soros Fund Management LLC is a privately held corporation providing financial services and investment strategies for various funds including some controversial hedge funds such as the Quantum Group of Funds. ... Mellon Financial Corporation, (NYSE: MEL) based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is engaged in the business of institutional and high-net-worth-individual asset management, including the Dreyfus family of mutual funds; business banking; and shareholder and investor services. ... UBS AG (NYSE: UBS), (SWX: CH0012032030) (TYO: 8657) is a financial firm and was formed through a merger of the Union Bank of Switzerland and the Swiss Bank Corporation in 1998. ...

Real Estate Management & Development:

• The Zale Corporation
• DB Real Estate
• ING Real Estate
• Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec

(*) Miscellanious:

• General Electric (GE is one of the largest financial companies)