creamgethamoney

Hi,

I'm confused as to whether corporate finance and investment banking are the same thing. I thought CF was more working for a F500 on raising capital, and the career path was about climbing the corporate ladder and getting into higher level functions within the company. Banking, I thought was more like Portfolio Management and working with high net worth individuals on managing wealth, making deals, helping with M&A, etc. However, it seems like a lot of sites talk about the two as if they are the same, or so related that they are virtually the same thing, so can anybody help me out with this?

Also, if what I described is not corporate finance, what would the career path I described as corporate finance actually be called?

thanks