Industry Composition:

The financial services industry is comprised of a variety of businesses providing services broadly related to insurance, accounting, banking, brokerage, real estate, risk analysis, asset management, and investment.

• Insurance firms either provide insurance themselves as insurance carries or sell the services of others as insurance brokers.
• Banks can be commercial or private, on the global, national, regional, or community level, and offer the safekeeping and lending of money as their primary services.
• Brokerage firms act as intermediaries between buyers and sellers for a variety of things, such as securities, equities, and other investment offerings.
• Real estate firms provide services such as buying, selling, developing, operating, and managing real estate.