Merchant banking is a service oriented industry. Merchant banks all over the world carry out the same set of services. Merchant banks in India carry out the following functions and services specifically.
1. Corporate Counseling
2. Project counseling
3. Pre-investment Studies
4. Capital restructuring
5. Credit Syndication
6. Issue Management and underwriting
7. Portfolio Management
8. Working Capital Finance
9. Acceptance Credit and Bill discounting
10. Mergers, Amalgamations and Takeovers
11. Venture Capital
12. Lease Financing
13. Foreign Currency Finance
14. Fixed Deposit Broking
15. Mutual funds
16. Relief to Sick Industries
17. Project Appraisal
Each of these functions is detailed briefly in the site below.
