Investment Houses

BOSS CHICKS JULY 2,6, 2019

Definition
 Investment Houses are individuals or organizations that
are engaged in investment banking and financing
activity. There are different kinds of investment houses,
depending upon the type of financial activities they
choose to involve with. Some of them serve the role of
brokerages for shares and stocks, while others act as
short term and long term investors in different businesses
and asset classes such as real estate. Some investment
houses act purely as financiers, and do not involve in the
day to day running or decision making activities of the
business. But nowadays many investment houses choose
engage actively with the firms in which they put in their
money.
Services Provided by Investment
Houses
 Investment
 Risk Pooling
 Contractual Savings
 Market Brokering
 Investment Houses are retailers that act as distributors which sells the
fund shares
Investment Houses Law

 Investment houses deal with underwriting activities – guaranteeing

distribution and sale of securities for another corporation. They raise
capital by acting as the client’s agent in the issuance of securities.
They raise capital by acting as the client’s agent in the issuance of
securities. They are committed to funds through collateralized
lending, or making a deposit into secured institution.
 In consideration of the investee successfully finding a satisfactory
buyer for the stocks, it anticipates receiving a commission for the
services the investment house has provided.
Aside from underwriting securities
of other corporations, investment
houses act as:
 Brokers
 Financial Agents
 Portfolio Managers
 Investment Advisers
 Financial Consultants