What is the difference between Corporate Finance and Investment Banking?

Question by itguru5354: What is the difference between Corporate Finance and Investment Banking?

I get confused all the time. Some people said that they're totally different, but some said that corporate finance is one of the functions in investment banking. Can you please explain?




Best answer:

Answer by Ozzie
Corporate Finance has to do with the accounting internal to any corporation.

Investment Banking facilitates business expansions, acquisitions, mergers, Initial Public Offering, etc.

The biggest difference is . .. The Corporate Finance guy might make 6 figures. The Investment Banker, if successful, can make 8.

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