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McGraw-Hill/Irwin -2 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-2 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Overview  In this segment... Securities Firms and Investment Banks: Activities of securities firms and investment banks Size, structure and composition Balance sheets and recent trends Regulation of securities firms and investment banks Global issues

McGraw-Hill/Irwin -3 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-3 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Securities Firms &Investment Banks  Nature of business: Underwrite securities. Market making. Advising (example: M&A, restructurings).

McGraw-Hill/Irwin -4 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-4 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Securities Firms &Investment Banks  Growth in domestic M&A: Less than $200 billion in $1.83 trillion in 2000 In US: bottomed out at $458 billion in 2002 ($1.2 trillion worldwide) $525 billion 2003 ($535 trillion worldwide)

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McGraw-Hill/Irwin -6 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-6 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Size, Structure and Composition  Dramatic increase in number of firms from 1980 to Decline of 31% following the 1987 crash, to year  1987: Salomon Brothers held $3.21 billion in capital.  2003: Merrill Lynch held capital of $24.8 billion.  Many recent inter-industry mergers (i.e., insurance companies and investment banks). Role of Financial Services Modernization Act, 1999

McGraw-Hill/Irwin -7 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-7 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Types and Relative Sizes of Firms  National full-line firms are largest. Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley  National full-line firms specializing in corporate finance are second in size. Goldman Sachs, Salomon Brothers/Smith Barney  Remainder of industry: Specialized investment subsidiaries of BHCs. Discount brokers. Regional securities firms (subdivided into large, medium and small). Specialized electronic trading securities firms

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McGraw-Hill/Irwin -9 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-9 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Key Activities  Investing  Investment banking Activities related to underwriting and distributing new issues of debt and equity.  Market making Increasing importance of online trading  Trading Position trading, pure arbitrage, risk arbitrage, program trading

McGraw-Hill/Irwin -10 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-10 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Key Activities (continued) Cash management Assisting with M&A Back-office and service functions.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin -11 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-11 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Trends  Decline in trading volume and brokerage commissions particularly since crash of 1987, although some recovery since Record volumes  Declines in market values--and commission income  Resurgence in market values and commissions

McGraw-Hill/Irwin -12 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-12 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Trends (continued)  Pretax net income over $9 billion per year  Pretax profits soared to $21.0 billion in 2000 curtailed by economic slowdown and September 11 attacks  2003 record pre-tax profits of $22.5 billion.  Continuing concerns over conflicts of interest and other ethical concerns Soft dollars Analysts’ recommendations to buy or hold collapsing technology stocks

McGraw-Hill/Irwin -13 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-13 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Balance Sheet  Key assets: Long positions in securities and commodities. Reverse repurchase agreements.  Key liabilities: Repurchase agreements major source of funds. Securities and commodities sold short. Broker call loans from banks  Capital levels much lower than levels in banks

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McGraw-Hill/Irwin -15 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-15 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Regulation  Early 2000s erosion of SEC dominance Increased vigilance by State Attorneys General Spring 2003, $1.4 billion in penalties over investor abuses.  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Independent auditing oversight board under SEC Instigated by Enron, Global Crossings, Tyco, WorldCom

McGraw-Hill/Irwin -16 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-16 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Regulation (continued)  Day-to-day regulation: NYSE, NASD  October 2003 implementation of provisions of Patriot Act to combat money laundering Scrutiny of individual identities and affiliations with terrorists

McGraw-Hill/Irwin -17 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-17 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Investor Protection & Other Monitoring  Securities Investors Protection Corporation (SIPC). Protection level of $500,000  Federal Reserve also has role in overseeing securities firms and investment banks Vulnerability of the financial system Issue of timely settlement raised by Greenspan

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McGraw-Hill/Irwin -19 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-19 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Global Issues  Global nature of securities firms Demonstrated by recent mergers such as Deutsche Bank/Bankers Trust Dominance of UBS in U.S. mortgage backed securities markets  Growth in securities trading and underwriting is a global event

McGraw-Hill/Irwin -20 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4-20 © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Pertinent Websites Federal Reserve: NASD: NYSE: SEC: Securities Industry Association: SIPC: The Banker: Thompson Fin. Securities Data: Wall Street Journal