Investment Banking and Securities Dealing

OVERVIEW

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acting as principals (investors who buy or sell on their own account), generally on a spread basis, in originating underwriting and/or distributing issues of securities of businesses, governments and institutions.

Establishments primarily engaged in Example Activities: Government bond underwriters Investment banking Securities distributing (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors) Securities originating (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing new securities to investors) Underwriters, securities

The information on the number, size and location of establishments can be used to assess the existing level of competition within the industry in your province/territory. The table below shows the breakdown between employer and non-employer or indeterminate establishments for each province and territory as well as at the national level. For this industry, 5 of establishments are non-employers or indeterminate and 11 have one or more employees.