More Than a Broker-Dealer. A Platform Built to Help You Succeed.
When you become a member of IIB, our priority is helping you build and grow a successful independent investment banking practice—so you can focus on what matters most: serving your clients and delivering exceptional results.
Choosing the right broker-dealer is an important decision. At IIB, we believe experienced investment bankers deserve more than basic broker-dealer infrastructure. They should be supported by an experienced back-office team with expertise across compliance, legal, accounting, operations, and technology.
With the right professionals and resources behind your practice, you can focus with confidence on what you do best—winning mandates, executing transactions, and delivering exceptional service to your clients.
Our model is built around three principles: integrity, service, and experience.
Build Your Practice. Keep Your Independence.
IIB is built for experienced investment bankers who want the freedom to operate under their own brand, maintain ownership of their client relationships, and build their practice on their terms.
We don't believe independence should come with long-term contractual commitments. IIB does not lock members into lengthy agreements. We believe we should earn your business every day through experience, service, responsiveness, and value—not by making it difficult for you to leave.
Experienced Professionals Behind Your Practice
Compliance Support: Work with experienced compliance professionals who have extensive FINRA and regulatory background and decades of experience operating broker dealer and supervising investment bankers. Our team navigates the regulatory requirements so you can focus on winning mandates, serving clients, and executing transactions.
Legal Support: Access experienced securities counsel who understands both contract law and regulations. Our legal team assists with engagement letter reviews and negotiations, offering materials reviews and other legal matters that may need experienced legal expertise.
Accounting & Financial Operations: Benefit from experienced accounting and financial-operations professionals who manage the broker-dealer accounting books and records for the firm, manage financial reporting requirements, manage audits, and process commissions.
Technology & IT Support: Operate with technology that was designed exclusively for investment bankers. The systems and tools are developed to meet regulatory requirements around communications, archiving, cybersecurity, compliance workflows, transaction reporting, and other systems required to support your practice.
Resources to Help You Grow
IIB Exchange: Connect and collaborate with experienced investment bankers across the IIB network. Share opportunities, exchange ideas, identify potential buyers and investors, and build relationships with professionals facing many of the same opportunities and challenges.
Private Equity Network: Expand your institutional reach through IIB's growing network of private equity firms, family offices, institutional investors, and strategic buyers interested in opportunities represented by IIB bankers.
Student Educational Program: Access talented university students interested in investment banking and M&A who can assist with market research, buyer and investor lists, industry analysis, transaction research, and other projects.
Technology Built Around Investment Banking
Purpose-Built Workflow Tools: Spend less time on administration with technology developed around the actual investment banking workflow—from engagement letters and transaction reporting to due diligence, advertising review, compliance, and other administrative processes.
Commission System: Track commissions and other compensation through IIB's proprietary commission system, with detailed reporting designed specifically for independent investment bankers. Professionals receive details on each payout and can easily download all the historic compensation paid for your own accounting records.