Investment Banks – Just What Are They?

- August 27, 2010, 11:47 am

We hear the term investment bank on a daily basis. Investment banks are vilified for their role in the financial crisis and criticized for the profits they reap and the large compensation packages for their employees. But many people have no idea what an investment bank is or what it does. Lets take a look at the role investment banks play in the financial services industry and the economy at