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Institutional investment is an investment that is made by an organization/institution. Usually, institutional investments are large scale and has important role in financial markets. Most institutional investment decisions are made by financial corporations as banks, funds management companies (managers of mutual funds, pension funds and hedge funds) or insurance companies. Such financial institutions that make investments are called institutional investors. Institutional investors are opposite to retail investors.

Investments made by institutions are more long-term oriented and chosen more professionally. Institutional investors usually hire expensive investment professionals that are making investments in accordance to deep financial analysis and valuation.