What are the two main categories of investment banking activity?
Buy side and sell side
Retail and commercial
Debt and equity
Public and private
Answer
Investment banking activity is divided into "buy side" and "sell side." The buy side involves providing advice to institutions that buy investment services, while the sell side involves trading securities for cash or other securities and promoting securities.
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