Rozvytok teoretychnykh pidkhodiv do vyznachennya ponyattya «investytsiynyy bankinh»: zakordonnyy ta ukrayinskyy dosvid

At the present stage of economic relations in the world the research of the specialized banks in the financial market that specialize on providing investment banking services is the crucial research problem. The current transformation of the global financial architecture encourages the development of of universal growing trend towards specialization of most financial intermediaries. This article underlines the comparative analysis of the term “investment banking”, which is investigated by economists in foreign and Ukrainian scientific literature. The paper presents unique authors’ definition of “investment banking” term, which is adapted to the specific situation in this sphere in Ukrainian banking sector, including basic criteria for such activities, such as the activities background, objectives, determining aggregate functions, which are included in the system of “investment banking” activities.