This course provides an overview of investment banks, asset managers (such as mutual funds, hedge funds, and private equity firms) and describes the relationships between these organizations: how they both compete with and provide important services to each other and the significant impact they have on corporations, governments, institutional investors, and individuals. Together, they have shaped global financing and investing patterns and affected economic outcomes. After taking this course, the EMBA students should better understand financial press headlines that herald massive corporate takeovers, corporate shareholder activism, large capital market financings, and the myriad strategies, risks, and conflicts in the financial market landscape. Most important of all, this course prepares students to better manage their company and family's money and allocate and enhance their wealth in smarter ways.