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merchant banking

American  
[mur-chuhnt bangk-ing] / ˈmɜr tʃənt ˈbæŋk ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the business done by a merchant bank; the issuing of loans for commercial enterprises as a form of investment.


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Commitments will be much smaller than those made by Goldman’s merchant banking arm or the private-equity funds it mostly manages for clients, where investments can top $800 million.

From Reuters Oct. 25, 2017

Big lenders hoped to piggyback on their rival’s lack of Wall Street taint to resist proposals to curb pay and ban merchant banking.

From New York Times Oct. 6, 2016

“If you look at the ratio of office space to population in Santiago, Lima and Colombia, you’ll see that we’re very underpenetrated,” said Carlos Saieh, head of merchant banking for BTG Pactual Chile.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2015

He began his career in finance, working for Canadian investment firm Central Capital Corp. as an associate in its merchant banking division, according to a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 31, 2015

The project is a partnership between Timberline Resources Corp., and ISR Capital, a private investment and merchant banking firm based in Boise, Idaho.

From Washington Times Jan. 25, 2015

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