investment bank

American  

noun

1. a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.

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Other Word Forms

• investment banker noun
• investment banking noun

Etymology

Origin of investment bank

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Public Investment Bank upgrades its rating on the Malaysian banking sector to overweight from neutral, naming Malayan Banking as its top pick.

From The Wall Street Journal

“This seems to be an overreach, and, in our view, the contractors don’t need to be regulated given contract structure and clearer demand signals self-regulate investments,” analysts from investment bank Jefferies’ wrote in a note to investors last week amid reports that an executive order was in the works.

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Great Elm Capital, a small BDC affiliated with the boutique investment bank Imperial Capital, used all of the performance-enhancing tactics in its $420 million portfolio, and found itself with hefty exposure to First Brands.

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The automotive supplier took out billions of dollars in loans with the help of the investment bank Jefferies Financial Group before it tumbled into bankruptcy court in September in the midst of revelations of faulty accounting.

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For years, Wells Fargo WFC -1.20%decrease; red down pointing triangle executives skeptical of building an investment bank touted a mantra of “kitchen tables, not league tables.”

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