a bank engaged primarily in making long-term loans to companies and managing investment portfolios
investment bank in American English
or investment banker
a firm which markets new issues of stocks, bonds, etc., usually in association with other such firms, as by purchasing an entire issue and selling it, at a profit, to investors
investment bank in Finance
(ɪnvɛstmənt bæŋk)
Word forms: (regular plural) investment banks
noun
(Finance: Banking)
An investment bank is a bank that can underwrite and issue securities and engage in trading in financial instruments.
If the investment bank can sell the securities at a higher price than it paid the issuer, it makes a profit.
An investment bank handles the equity and debt issuance, as well as proprietary trading with its owncapital.
An investment bank is a bank that can underwrite and issue securities and engage in trading in financialinstruments.
investment, investment
Examples of 'investment bank' in a sentence
investment bank
We are getting to a point where there won't be a big European investment bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The big investment banks warned throughout last year's referendum campaign that anything short of the status quo would see them forced to ship jobs from London.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He wanted to tell us how investment banks contributed to society.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The investment bank got the highest scores for personal growth of any large company in the survey.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That cause is the extraordinarily high profits that investment banks have apparently been making in recent years.
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Specialist recruiters are oddly like the investment banks whose high fliers they are often called upon to supply.
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He had made ample money while investment banks were riding high on the tidal wave of easy credit.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The world's investment banks are riding high and producing stellar profits.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Bombay has fast become a huge financial centre where most of the world's big investment banks have a presence.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Others argue that the smaller houses tend to be freer of the politics and potential conflicts of interest that could cause problems at the big investment banks.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In theory this helps to shore up the reserves of high street and investment banks - allowing them to bump up their lending capacity.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A big investment bank offered to buy half the business, according to King.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Most sensationally, how the big investment banks got together and colluded to setprices, effectively agreeing not to undercut one another on fees.