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The Investment Banking Handbook by J. Peter Williamson,

The Investment Banking Handbook by J. Peter Williamson,
Contents: Introduction. Investment Banking Today; Raising Capital; Transactional Activities; Specialized Financial Instruments; Tax-Exempt Financing; Broker Activities; Commercial Banks And Investment Banking; Investment Banking Outside the United States. Index. Appendix.



Killer Investment Banking Resumes! 2nd Edition: Wetfeet Insider Guide
Killer Investment Banking Resumes! 2nd Edition: Wetfeet Insider Guide
For all investment-banking hopefuls hoping to land an interview with the investment bank of their choice, WetFeet comes to the rescue. This book describes how resumes and cover letters are used in the I-banking recruiting process insider tips for resume content and format what I-banking recruiters look for when reviewing a resume how to improve the quality and marketability of your resume.



Guaranteed Investment Certificate - A Guaranteed Investment Certificate is a Canadian investment that offers a guaranteed rate of return over a fixed period of time, most commonly issued by trust companies or banks. Because of its guaranteed rate, the return is generally less than other investments such as mutual funds.

Investment bank - 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.They also act as intermediares in trading for clients.

Proprietary trading - Proprietary trading is a term used in investment banking to describe when a bank trades stocks, bonds, options, commodities, or other items with its own money as opposed to its customers' money, so as to make a profit for itself. Although investment banks are usually defined as businesses which assist other business in raising money in the capital markets (by selling stocks or bonds), in fact most of the largest investment banks make the majority of their profit from trading activities.

Philip Augar - Philip Augar is the author of The Death of Gentlemanly Capitalism: The Rise and Fall of London's Investment Banks (Penguin, 2000) and The Greed Merchants: How the Investment Banks Played the Free Market Game (Penguin, 2005). Augar was an equities broker in the city of London for twenty years from the 1970s, first with NatWest and J.



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