issuing house

British

noun

a financial institution that engages in finding capital for established companies or for private firms wishing to convert to public companies, by issuing shares on their behalf

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The issuing house is in a position so entirely safe that hardly ever can a question arise as to its ability to take care of its borrowings.

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Negotiations are entered into with a group of French banks and an English issuing house.

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The English issuing house sends round a stockbroker to underwrite the loan.

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If the issuing house is one that is usually successful in its issues, the privilege of underwriting anything that it brings out is eagerly sought for.

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The name of the issuing house and the amount of the underwriting commission —which we will suppose in this case to be 2 per cent.—is enough for them.

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