investment bank

investment bank
A US bank that fulfils many of the functions of a UK merchant bank It is usually one that advises on mergers and acquisitions and provides finance for industrial corporations by buying shares in a company and selling them in relatively small lots to investors. Capital provided to companies is usually long-term and based on fixed assets. In the USA, commercial banks were excluded from selling securities for many years but the law was relaxed in the late 1980s, when certain safeguards were introduced, including a ceiling on the value of transactions.

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  • investment bank — noun Etymology: investment (II) : an institution that specializes in buying and selling large blocks of securities (as new issues) and in raising funds for capital expansion • investment banking noun * * * inˈvestment bank 7 [investment bank …   Useful english dictionary

  • investment bank — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms investment bank : singular investment bank plural investment banks in the United States, a bank that buys and sells large quantities of securities (= documents showing that someone owns a small part of a… …   English dictionary

  • Investment Bank - IB — A financial intermediary that performs a variety of services. This includes underwriting, acting as an intermediary between an issuer of securities and the investing public, facilitating mergers and other corporate reorganizations, and also… …   Investment dictionary

  • Investment-Bank — Investmentbanken im weiteren Sinne betreiben so genannte Investmentgeschäfte. Diese Geschäftstätigkeit liegt im Wesentlichen auf der Vermögensverwaltung ihrer Kunden, dem Handel mit Wertpapieren sowie der Unterstützung von Unternehmen bei… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • investment bank — in vestment .bank n a bank that buys and sells securities, ↑stocks, or ↑bonds >investment banker n >investment banking n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • investment bank — invest′ment bank n. bus a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities • Etymology: 1920–25 invest′ment bank er, n. invest′ment bank ing, n …   From formal English to slang

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