An investment banker works for an investment bank. While non-investment bankers often say "i-bankers," investment bankers prefer "investment-banker." Jump to: navigation, search Investment banks assist public and private corporations in raising funds in the capital markets (both equity and debt), as well as in providing strategic advisory services for mergers, acquisitions and other types of financial transactions. ...
Personal and strategic skills are vital to investmentbankers as well, for they serve as strategists for their clients, helping them develop their financial plans as well as implement them.
Investmentbankers spend large amounts of time traveling, to pitch ideas to prospective and current clients or to examine the facilities of companies being purchased by their clients.
Most commonly, investmentbankers who leave the profession go on to financial jobs in-house with a client of their former banking firm, as financial officers and analysts.
Investment banks can invest their own money directly into a company, project, etc., as a direct investment for which they carry the full risk (known as merchant banking).
An investment bank can raise money for a corporation from a hedge fund that is dedicated to making direct investments in corporations, which is usually referred to as venture capital, or as loans with collateral as security to reduce risk.
Historically, many investment banks seeking to be allowed to underwrite a company's IPO or debt offering have said to that company that they would tell their research division to rate that company a buy in order to convince them to do a deal.
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