The Investment Industry
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is composed of a wide variety of firms. The
main players include independent full line brokerage firms, investment bank
subsidiaries of chartered banks, and discount brokers. Independent full line
brokerage firms offer a wide range of services, including underwriting, trading
of stocks, advice a ....
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.... in the industry by acquiring key players in the
industry or branching off into full brokerage services. For example, the
brokerage firms for CIBC, Royal Bank, Toronto Dominion Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia
and Bank of Montreal are Wood Gundy, RBC Dominion, Evergreen, Scotia McLeod and
Nesbitt Burns respectively. In addition, the aforementioned chartered banks have
also branched into the discount brokerage sector.
As of December 1994, the Securities Industry as a whole included 158
firms, dir ....
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