Role of Investment Banks with Aircraft Companies/Airlines
 

Hello,

Can some one explain me the main role of investment banking in major companies such as Airbus, Boeing or airlines. I have no clue, but I am guessing it's a broad topic so any links would also be appreciated!

Thank You!

Marc :)

A Stab in the dark this but..........Investing?

:E

What do you want to know exactly - not really a wannabes thread?

Look at www.gs.com, and every service they offer is something that could be bought by any large company. Others might be Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse to name a few, but also include Barclays Capital, and parts of HSBC - these are however completely different from their retail operations that you and I would use for banking.

"Investment" is a misnomer - except where they have a fund raised from pension scheme money through a private equity or hedge fund arm, they do little real proprietary investing in their own name, although they may invest directly in a company to support a client's activities, alongside a client's investment. What they are able to do is to have the capital to hold stakes in companies for the short-term to allow clients to trade shareholdings or raise money through shares and debt financing.

Broadly, they offer:

Trading
- Shares
- Bonds (debt)
- Currency
- Derivatives of all the above

Investment Banking
- M&A (advise a company what strategy to persue when being acquired/acquiring)
- Equity raising (advising and marketing the company to raise more share capital)
- Debt raising (advising and marketing the company to raise more bonds)

PM me if you need to know, but I shouldn't expect Scroggs would want this perpetuating into a large thread in this forum.