11 Difference Between Merchant Banking And Investment Banking

1. Traditional merchant banks often expand into the field of securities underwriting, while many investment banks participate in trade financing activities.  2. Investment banks facilitate mergers and acquisitions through share sales and provide research and financial consulting to companies. 3. Based on: MERCHANT BANK:Fee based INVESTMENT BANK:Fee based and fund based 4. Example: Investment Banking: J.P. Morgan & Co. Bank of America Merrill Lynch Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking: J. S. Morgan & Co. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Samuel Montagu & Co. 5. Investment Bank is a financial institution that helps to government, corporate, HNI (High Net Worth) individual in raising capital. The merchant bank is a private financial institution that deals with international financial activities such as foreign corporate investment, foreign real estate investment and trade finance. 6. Investment banks focus on initial public offerings (IPOs) and large public and private share offerings. Merchant banks tend to operate on small-scale companies and offer creative equity financing, bridge financing and a number of corporate credit products. 7. Trade financing MERCHANT BANK:Offered to the clients INVESTMENT BANK:Rarely provided 8. Deals with: MERCHANT BANK: Small companies INVESTMENT BANK: Large companies 9. Functions of Investment Bank: Public Offerings of Debt and Equity Securities Private Placements of Debt and Equity Securities Raising Capital & Security Underwriting Mergers and Acquisitions Financial Advisory / Sponsor Group Finance Structured Finance / Securitization