investment banking
Noun
Meaning
investment banking (uncountable)
(banking, finance) The activities of an investment bank.
Coordinate terms: commercial banking, retail banking, universal banking
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Examples
My early work and publications centered around expanding on the analysis of life insurance in my dissertation and its relationship to investment banking.
It can be argued that the U. S. brokerage and investment banking industry has transformed the modern American stock market into nothing more than a mechanism for transferring wealth from shareholders to management.
Let's be honest: the trappings of investment banking are quite tempting. I do miss it sometimes. And to be honest, there was a time I'd read the 'WSJ' in the morning, and for years I have done that.
Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences.
There's more honor in investment management than in investment banking.
Hollywood is a small, familial place. Everyone does business with everybody else. The same complications occur in investment banking.