BB asset management firms sell-side or buy-side?

Can someone elaborate on BB asset management firms? For example, JPM manages money for institutional clients. So are they considered buy-side or sell-side? Do undergrads have an opportunity to work as an intern for the fund management or only in sell-side equity research?

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AM/PE is all in the category of buy-side. In AM you buy things, trade pre-existing instruments

Sell-side is the type of thing you see investment banks do. They create the instruments. For example when a firm goes IPO the investment bank values it, creates the stocks and sells them to people on the buy-side (like AM) Investment banks are also involved in providing advice for companies who are doing mergers, acquisitions, etc. but do not actually invest their own capital or buy anything.

For more info:

//www.wallstreetoasis.com/what-is-the-buy-side

//www.wallstreetoasis.com/what-is-the-sell-side

 

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