Exploring the Influence of Investment Banking on Corporate Governance

Abstract: Investment banking is a segment of the finance sector which builds a bridge between corporate clients and financial matters. Investment banking serves corporate entities with a plenty of financial affairs and does services such as capital raising, mergers and acquisitions and financial advising. Investment bankers are basically underwriters who intermediates security issuers and investors. They are big people in the financial sector, aiding in the financial growth of Corporates, government entities and startups researching on the dramatically developing, fast pacing financial industry, understanding the new trends and developments pitching for the greater development of the nation’s financial market as a whole. Investment banker is a highly paid professional with tremendous pressure and immense accountability and commitment towards the money matters of a company. This scholarly article does a doctrinal and non-empirical research about the role of investment banking in corporate governance. The researchers have referred to Indian and foreign authored books to draw inference and review in this article. The areas on the evolution, purpose and objectives of the concept, leading investment banks and the activities done by them have been analysed for a qualitative approach to research. An in-depth examination of the role, functions, legal ramifications, regulatory structures, evolution of investment banking, and a concise critique of the investment banking concept.