An Appraisal of Investment Banking in India

Investment banking is a particular form of banking which finances capital requirements of enterprises. Investment banking assists as it performs IPO's, private placement and bond offerings, acts as broker and carries through mergers and acquisitions. son of banking encompassing business entities dealing with creation of capital for other companies. The present condition of the investment banking in India and also evaluate the future scope. . Out of the total 111 investment bankers registered with SEBI on 30th October 2008, depending on the availability of data 10 non bank investment bankers were selected for study. Various tools (Graphs, tables) have been used to depict their growth trends and a study of their financial statements show their profitability and liquidity position. Only secondary data was collected for meeting the objectives of the study. Data was collected the web site of SEBI and the companies with the help of internet in the form of text and financial statements of investment bankers. The data has been evaluated with the help of statistical tools i.e., Trend analysis, Ratio analysis