The Wholesale Financial Services Sector
The wholesale activity of the financial services sector includes equity markets, bond markets, foreign exchange, derivatives and insurance markets. Equity markets involve the trading of the quoted shares. Bond markets involve the trading of the corporate, supranational or government debt Foreign exchange involves the trading of the currencies Derivatives involve the trading of the swaps, options, future and forwards Insurance markets involve the corporate insurance, professional indemnity, reinsurance, captive insurance and risk sharing insurance. Other activities in wholesale sector include fund management, investment banking and custodian banking Fund management includes managing the investment portfolio of collective investment schemes, insurance funds and pension funds. Custodian banking provides services for the asset managers such as the safekeeping of the assets, settlements, administration of the underlying investments and corporate actions. Investment banking is a banking service tailored to organization such as mergers and acquisition, fixed income trading, private equity and equity trading.
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