An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities.

An investment bank may also assist companies involved in mergers and acquisitions, and provide ancillary services such as market making, trading of derivatives, fixed income instruments, foreign exchange, commodities, and equity securities.

Some of the well known Investment Banks in India are as follows
• JPMorgan
• Enam
• Yes
• Axis
• Spark
• Veda
• E & Y
• O3
• Bank of America
• p2p
• cogence
• ripplewave
• equirus
• Ambit
• Stand chart
• SBI Cap
• JM Financials
• PWC
• Morgan Stanley
• Avendus
• Barclays
• ICICI Sec
• Citi
• Credit Suisse
• Deustche Bank
• HSBC