Investment bankers Select one: act as intermediaries between issuers of stocks and investors, act as advisors to companies in helping them analyse their financial needs and find buyers for newly issued securities. act as brokers between buyers and sellers of stocks in the secondary market accept deposits from savers and lend them out to companies act as advisors to companies in helping them analyse their financial needs and find buyers for newly issued securities. act as intermediaries between issuers of stocks and investors