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Irwin/McGraw-Hill Securities Firms and Investment Banks Chapter 3 Financial Institutions Management, 3/e By Anthony Saunders

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Page 1: Irwin/McGraw-Hill 1 Securities Firms and Investment Banks Chapter 3 Financial Institutions Management, 3/e By Anthony Saunders

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Securities Firms and Investment Banks Chapter 3

Financial Institutions Management, 3/e

By Anthony Saunders

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Securities Firms and Investment Banks

Nature of business:• Underwrite securities• Market making • Advising (example: M&A, restructurings)

Growth in mergers and acquisitions:• $200 billion in 1990. $919 billion 1997.

$910 billion in first half of 1998.

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Size, Structure and Composition

• Dramatic increase in number of firms from 1980 to 1987. Decline of 18% following the 1987 crash, to 1996.

• 1987: Salomon Brothers held $3.21 billion in capital.

• 1997: Merrill Lynch held capital of $33 billion.• Many recent inter-industry mergers (i.e.,

insurance companies and investment banks).

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Types and Relative Sizes of Firms

• National full-line firms are largest.• National full-line firms specializing in

corporate finance are second in size.• Remainder of industry:

» Specialized investment subsidiaries of BHCs.

» Discount brokers.

» Regional securities firms (subdivided into large, medium and small).

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Key Activities

• Investing• Investment banking

» Activities related to underwriting and distributing new issues of debt and equity.

• Market making• Trading• Cash management• Assisting with mergers and acquisitions• Back-office and service functions

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Trends

• Decline in trading volume and brokerage commissions (particularly since crash of 1987).

• Decline in underwriting activities over 1987-91.

• Resurgence in activity and profitability since 1991.

• 1987: Federal Reserve allowed BHCs to expand securities underwriting. (Prohibited since 1933 under Glass-Steagall Act).

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Balance Sheet

• Key assets:» Repurchase agreements.

» Long positions in securities and commodities.

• Key liabilities:» Repurchase agreements major source of funds.

» Securities and commodities sold short.

• Capital levels much lower than levels in depository institutions.

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Regulation

Primary regulator: SEC• Reiterated by National Securities Markets

Improvement Act (NSMIA) of 1996.• Prior to NSMIA, regulated by SEC and states.

Day-to-day trading practices regulated by the NYSE and NASD.

Securities Investors Protection Corporation (SIPC).