Investment Banking

GBI focuses on Micro Cap and Small Cap public companies with an acute awareness of their needs and of the obstacles that they face. The preferred relationship with clients is to provide our complete Investment Banking Service. The firm has additional experience and strengths regarding private equity placement, both into public companies and into pre-qualified private companies. This firm’s seasoned combination of professional talent provides for a comprehensive and experienced banking team to serve our client’s needs. Our complete investment banking services include advisory services; corporate finance for public and private enterprises; securities transactions; trading; syndication; M&A; reorganizations; reverse mergers; PIPEs; merchant banking; and the knowledge and relationships to attract research coverage. We additionally operate in strategic alignment with investment relations firms, research firms and additional market makers. Clients can contract for our comprehensive service or select any combination of our investment banking services.

A leading strength of an investment banking firm is its capabilities in sponsoring its public company clients to the market place and providing them with extensive exposure through its brokers, its broker clearing network, its ties to other investment firms, market makers and its various industry affiliations. The GBI affiliations include: The National Investment Bankers Association (“NIBA”); The Financial Services Exchange (“FSX”); The Southern California Investment Association (“SCIA”); The Discovery Expo, New York and San Francisco; the Las Vegas Money Show; and others.

Trading

In addition to executing trades as an agent, the firm has established affiliations with highly regarded marker makers. Trading is conducted primarily with other dealers in the “wholesale market” and in support of our investment banking clients. Services are directed to the needs of firms listed and trading as Small-Cap NASDAQ, AMEX, Bulletin Board and Pink Sheets needing liquidity sources, stock price support and order management.

As an effective market maker, our traders strive to ensure orderly markets, tight spreads, liquidity and proprietary support; all the while providing the end client with a source for efficient, accurate and timely executions.

Money Management

The firm has extensive experience over the last 18 years with its principals and with its leading brokers directly managing large income and equity accounts, as well as placing larger accounts under third party professional management.

Brokerage

GBI provides brokerage services to individuals, institutions and its investment banking corporate clients. Brokers are knowledgeable in the handling of large and complex portfolios and financial planning for individuals. Institutional brokerage services are provided to corporate clients and fundmanagers of income, equity and hedge funds.

Corporate clients are eligible for our Personalized Institutional Brokerage Service “PIBS” along with the benefits of trading, market making and investor relations services. Additional brokerage requirements of corporate clients, large selling stockholders and insiders are accommodated by including block trades and rule 144 / 144 k restricted stock transactions.

Broker Network

GBI currently operates with over 60 account executives and has a successful track record in developing a large multi-state network of brokers to which it provides a central broker service.

New Product Development

GBI seeks out new financial product precedents and trends that have been proven feasible and are appropriate for introduction to its clients.