First Albany Corp

First Albany Companies Inc, acting through its subsidiaries, conducts a full-service investment banking and brokerage business. These activities include securities brokerage for institutional customers and market making and trading of corporate, government, and municipal securities. First Albany also underwrites and distributes municipal and corporate securities, provides securities clearance activities for other brokerage firms, and offers financial advisory services to its customers, including serving as investment manager, making investment decisions, and providing research, statistical analysis, and continuous supervision of portfolios. It also provides venture capital and merchant banking services to firms in the high-technology sector.