investment banking

American  

[in-vest-muhnt bang-king] / ɪnˈvɛst mənt ˈbæŋ kɪŋ /

noun

1. a type of banking that involves the underwriting of new securities and initial public offerings, the handling of mergers, and other large financial transactions.

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Example Sentences

The Italian group—which is considered the world’s oldest bank still in operation and remains part-owned by the government—set its sights on its Milanese peer early last year in a bid to combine Mediobanca’s heft in investment banking and wealth management with its own strength in retail banking to form the country’s third-largest lender by assets.

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He communicated often with bank executives including its former head of investment banking, Jes Staley, and connected them to his network of wealthy contacts.

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Capital markets unit revenue was up about 7% on a year earlier, with higher equity trading income across most regions and a rise in fixed-income trading revenue, though corporate and investment banking revenue was flat.

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Anthropic also on Tuesday announced new “plug-ins,” or customizable agents, for workflows across financial analysis, investment banking, equity research and other areas, expanding upon its previously announced plug-ins for the legal sector.

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Centerview in court filings has argued that being available at all hours and working unpredictably during an active deal is a basic requirement of the investment banking analyst job.

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