issuing house

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

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

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

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The profits are considerable for the issuing house and for all their followers in the City.

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