Investment & Securities Industry Overview

The investment industry is comprised of a wide variety of sectors and service providers. At the top of the list are the giant asset managers, like BlackRock, a firm managing trillions of dollars in investment assets, an amount so immense that it is more than the Gross Domestic Products (GDP) of Russia, Canada and India combined. Also at the top of the industry are the biggest exchanges, where billions of shares trade hands yearly, along with the major investment banks, those firms that raise money for corporate clients by selling their stocks and bonds to the public. Investment banks also deal in private equity investments and asset management, and they earn immense fees by brokering mergers and acquisitions. Other major categories of investments that are typically sold to the public include master limited partnerships (MLPs) and real estate investment trusts (REITs).

At the same time, however, there are thousands of companies that specialize in specific types of investments that are most often privately held and not sold to the public. Such firms raise capital from wealthy individuals and families, as well as from institutions such as pension funds and insurance companies. These companies may specialize in operations such as hedge funds, private equity and venture capital. The total pool of money invested in these sectors is massive.

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