BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Financier
- a person who specializes in the provision of finance to other people or organizations
Wiktionary Definition for: Financier
- a person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions
- a company that does the same
Additional Resources
- It's a New World for Ronald Perelman: financier suffers programming losses; plans affiliate purchases.
- Financier suffers programing losses; plans affiliate purchases Ronald Perelman is creating a billion-dollar television company. He is also fallible. Both observations were detailed in a recent SEC filing that shows what happened to the financ Financier suffers programing...
- Research articles 1994-01-03
- FDIC Loses Attempt to Keep Sealed Lawsuit against Houston Financier.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jun. 14--The government has lost its fight to seal a lawsuit filed against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. by Charles Hurwitz, the financier the agency has sued to recover money from a failed savings and loan. Jun. 14--The government has lost its fight to...
- Research articles 2000-06-13
- This Just In.(Financier Wilbur Ross changes plans to purchase Collins & Aikman Corp.)(Strategic Bank of Michigan expects federal and state approval within 30 to 60 days.)(William Kohler has joined Detroit-based Butzel Long P.C. )
- Ross losing interest in Collins & Aikman Financier Wilbur Ross, who is bidding to purchase Collins & Aikman Corp., now says the troubled company no longer is the linchpin of his plan to create a North American megasupplier. Another bidde Ross...
- Research articles 2006-08-14
- Financier speaks on WTC snags.(News)(World Trade Center )(Interview)
- World Trade Center financier Lloyd Goldman comments on the latest troubling developments at the site in an exclusive interview with Crain's: Q: Are you involved in the latest discussions on the Freedom Tower redesign? A: I read daily informatio World...
- Research articles 2005-05-09
- SEC Brings New York Financier Robert Brennan to Trial. (Originated from Philadelphia Inquirer)
- NEW YORK--June 27--During a break last week in the securities fraud trial of First Jersey Securities and owner Robert Brennan, the dapper financier walked up to reporters to engage in a little tit for tat. NEW YORK--June 27--During a break last week in the securities fraud ...
- Research articles 1994-06-26
- Financier to Acquire Boston's Syratech Corp.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
- Oct. 24--Syratech Corp., an East Boston maker of silverware and gift items, said yesterday it agreed to be acquired by Boston financier Thomas H. Lee in a deal valued at $278 million to $300 million. Oct. 24--Syratech Corp., an East Boston maker...
- Research articles 1996-10-24
- California Financier Makes Unfriendly Move toward Giant Group Ltd.(Originated from The Orange County Register, Calif.)
- Dec. 9--Orange County financier William Foley II disclosed Friday that his Fidelity National Financial Inc. has a less-than-friendly 8.6 percent stake in Beverly Hills-based Giant Group Ltd. Dec. 9--Orange County financier William Foley II disclosed Friday that his Fidelity National Financial Inc. has a less-than-friendly 8.6...
- Research articles 1995-12-08
- Financier to detail Adidas takeover bid. (Bernard Tapie)
- FINANCIER TO DETAIL ADIDAS TAKEOVER BID PARIS FNS -- Bernard Tapie Finance BTF, the investment company that the French financier is using in his bid to acquire 80 percent of Adidas AG, says it will reveal its plan for financing the acquisition, as well as...
- Research articles 1990-07-13
- Financier gets FTC OK on Macy's investment. (Sir Run Run Shaw)
- FINANCIER GETS FTC OK ON MACY'S INVESTMENT WASHINGTON FNS - The Federal Trade Commission has cleared the way for Hong Kong financier Sir Run Run Shaw to invest $25 million in R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. The FTC said in a Feb....
- Research articles 1991-02-08
- Gabor Sandor Acs, international financier and philanthropist calls for the resignation of top Italian public officials.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-29 December 2003-Free and Clear Press Corps: Gabor Sandor Acs, international financier and philanthropist calls for the resignation of top Italian public officialsC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12252003 London, England -- Gabor Sandor Acs, Hungarian born financier and philanthropist, is...
- Research articles 2003-12-29
- Nauru on the verge of total default to major US financier
- AUCKLAND AFP ? Nauru, the world's smallest republic, is on the verge of a default that will result in a major United States financier seizing the once rich Pacific nation's last assets, diplomatic sources said. The country of 12,500 people owes the US General Electric Capital Corporation, which has...
- Research articles 2004-04-15
- Canadian financier to plead guilty to concealing facts
- A Canadian financier and former consultant for JB Oxford, a Beverly Hills, Calif., brokerage firm under investigation in the mutual fund scandal, has agreed to plead guilty to concealing facts from securities regulators, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Irving Kott, a 73-year-old Montreal man with a history of run-ins...
- Research articles 2004-05-06
- House Investments built on 25 years of trust: local real estate financier raises another $20 million
- Local real estate financier House Investments recently finished raising $20 million for its new mezzanine fund. It's just the latest accomplishment for managing partner J. Timothy McGinley, whose career began as a Purdue University basketball player; twice made him a Sagamore of the Wabash; and included service on...
- Research articles 2003-10-13
- Leading US financier prepares for Israel central bank job
- JERUSALEM AFP — Leading US financier Stanley Fischer was gearing up to be officially appointed head of Israel's central bank in a move hailed by the local financial markets but criticised by opposition MPs. Last week's surprise nomination of the vice chairman of Citigroup -- one of the largest...
- Research articles 2005-01-16
- Jury awards financier $850 million more
- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Morgan Stanley must pay billionaire financier Ron Perelman more than $1.4 billion in damages, awarded by a jury saying it found clear evidence the investment firm acted fraudulently in Perelman's 1998 sale of his Coleman camping gear firm to Sunbeam Corp. The jury...
- Research articles 2005-05-19
- Top US financier takes over as Israeli central bank chief
- JERUSALEM AFP — Top American financier Stanley Fischer was due to be granted Israeli citizenship at a ceremony, enabling him to take up his new role as governor of the central bank. Four months after he was nominated, the new 61-year-old governor was to be sworn in at an...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- LVMH chief, Belgian financier to make bid for Suez: report
- PARIS AFP — The chief executive of French luxury goods group LVMH, Bernard Arnault, and Belgian financier Albert Frere are reportedly preparing a joint bid for French energy group Suez. Suez plans to merge with state-controlled Gaz de France later this year under a controversial government-backed deal, but French billionaire...
- Research articles 2007-01-04
- BoQ raises $117m to buy financier.
- Aug 15, 2003 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The Bank of Queensland has acquired an equipment financier, UFJ Finance Australia, through an equity raising of $A117m. Of that sum $A90m will be allocated to the purchase, and the balance will fund ...
- Research articles 2003-08-16
- Deal in works for interest in Guthy-Renker. (infomercial company might get $25-million capital infusion from financier Ronald Perelman) (Brief Article)
- Investor Perlman would acquire stake for $25 million Infomercial company Guthy-Renker may get a shot in the arm through a $25 million investment from Wall Street financier Ronald Perlman. The deal was still in the works last week, but...
- Research articles 1993-11-15
- Iraq arrests 'senior Qaeda financier'
- BAGHDAD AFP — Iraqi forces have arrested an Iraqi-born Palestinian suspected of acting as a financier for the Al-Qaeda militant network, military spokesman Brigadier General Qassim Mussawi said Sunday. Mussawi said Mahmud Hamed Kamal al-Mathi -- also known as "Abu Qutada the Palestinian" -- was seized by commandos from...
- Research articles 2007-03-18
