Founded in 1986, Pareto Securities is an investment bank headquartered in Oslo, Norway. The firm serves clients in the Nordic region, within the oil, offshore, shipping, and natural resources sectors. Pareto offers equities, fixed income, research, corporate finance, project finance, fixed income, asset broking, asset management, business management, direct investment funds, and technical management services. Pareto Securities' Corporate Finance division offers advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets.