Investment Bank: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Investment Bank

  • a bank that specializes in providing funds to corporate borrowers for start-up or expansion
  • a bank that does not accept deposits but provides services to those who offer securities to investors, and to those investors.
  • U.K. term Merchant Bank
  • See also Commercial Bank

Additional Resources

Bank of America Investment Management releases "U.S. Economic Projections" report for the week ending Oct. 8, 1999
Note to editor: The "U.S. Economic Projections" report that follows is written each week by Dr. Lynn Reaser, chief economist for the Bank of America Private Bank. "U.S. Economic Projections" is a publication of Bank of America Investment Management, which is based in St. Louis, Mo., and is a division...
Tags: Bank of America Corp.
Research articles 1999-10-01
Bank of America Investment Management releases "U.S. Economic Projections" report for the week ending June 11, 1999
Note to editor: The "U.S. Economic Projections" report that follows is written each week by Dr. Lynn Reaser, chief economist for the Bank of America Private Bank. "U.S. Economic Projections" is a publication of Bank of America Investment Management, which is based in St. Louis, Mo., and is a division...
Tags: Bank of America Corp.
Research articles 1999-06-04
Bank of America Investment Management Releases "U.S. Economic Projections" Report for The Week ending August 13, 1999
Note to editor: The "U.S. Economic Projections" report that follows is written each week by Dr. Lynn Reaser, chief economist for the Bank of America Private Bank. "U.S. Economic Projections" is a publication of Bank of America Investment Management, which is based in St. Louis, Mo., and is a division...
Tags: Bank of America Corp.
Research articles 1999-08-06
Eight U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. Financial Consultants Named Among "Top 50 Bank Reps" by Bank Investment Consultant
MINNEAPOLIS -- Eight financial consultants with U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., USBI are named among the 7th annual "Top 50 Bank Reps" by Bank Investment Consultant, a trade publication for investment consultants and senior sales management in bank investment programs.
Tags: bank, financial, U.S. Bancorp
Research articles 2006-12-18
Five U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. Financial Consultants Named Among "Top 50 Bank Reps" by Bank Investment Consultant
MINNEAPOLIS -- Five financial consultants with U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., USBI are named among the 8th annual "Top 50 Bank Reps" by Bank Investment Consultant, a trade publication for investment consultants and senior sales management in bank investment programs.
Tags: bank, financial, U.S. Bancorp
Research articles 2007-12-17
Mechanics Investment Services Becomes Broker/Dealer and Selects Fidelity for Investment Advisor Services
HARTFORD, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 2, 1997--Mechanics Savings Bank announced today that it has converted its highly successful bank brokerage program, Mechanics Investment Services, into a subsidiary of the bank and formed its own Broker Dealer.
Tags: Fidelity Investments
Research articles 1997-07-02
Permissible Activities
This article is about various regulations and guideliness issued to banking sector. Bank may purchase for its own account stock of a corporation organized for the purpose of making loans to farmers and ranchers for agricultural purposes. The bank’s investment in such agricultural credit corporation at any one time shall...
Tags: Bank, Financial Services, Banking
White papers 1999-04-01
Enron gives trading arm to Swiss investment bank
NEW YORK AP -- Enron will give up its crown jewel energy trading business to a Swiss investment bank in return for a third of the division's profits, and experts expect the bank will try to remake the division with a new name and management.
Tags: Enron Corp.
Research articles 2002-01-16
Warburg's woes. (S.G. Warburg investment bank stops trading all but UK and US government bonds)
HOW important is it for an investment bank with global pretensions to be active in bond markets? Not very, judging by the announcement on January 9th by S.G. Warburg, a British investment bank, that it would stop making bond prices to clients except inHOW important is it...
Tags: bond, U.S. Government
Research articles 1995-01-14
Deutsche Bank - Brief Article
DEUTSCHE BANK, a German bank, and J.E. Robert, a U.S. private real estate investment company, will manage a multibillion dollar portfolio for failed Mexican bank Bancrecer.
Tags: Deutsche Bank AG
Research articles 2000-06-01
World Bank Selects Boyden for Executive Search
WASHINGTON -- Boyden has been selected by The World Bank Group World Bank to provide global executive search consulting services. The terms of the contract call for an initial two year period and extend to all members of the World Bank Group (World Bank, International Development Association, Multilateral Investment Guarantee...
Tags: World Bank
Research articles 2006-03-14
Bank of America opens six new Premier Banking & Investment Centers
Bank of America Premier Banking and Banc of America Investment Services Inc. opened six Premier Banking & Investment Centers, in Annapolis, Bel Air, Bethesda and Columbia and two in Virginia, to offer affluent clients integrated financial planning and banking services. The bank has similar facilities in Greenbelt, Baltimore, Towson and...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., banking
Research articles 2004-03-05
Xcel Energy Presentation at Bank of America Investment Conference to Be Webcast Live
MINNEAPOLIS -- On Tuesday, September 19, Xcel Energy's (NYSE:XEL) Chairman, President and CEO, Dick Kelly, will speak to the investment community at the Bank of America Investment Conference in San Francisco at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Investment, Webcast, Xcel Energy Inc.
Research articles 2006-09-11
Bank of America's state investment grows to $927 million
Bank of America is making progress toward its 10-year goal of providing $350 billion nationally in community development lending and investment, with a portion of that amount already invested in Oklahoma.
Tags: Bank of America Corp.
Research articles 2003-08-07
ISRAEL: NEW JOINT INVESTMENT FUND.(Brief Article)
According to Israel Line (Jun 12), Israel's fourth largest bank, Bank Mizrahi, and the international investment house Lehman Brothers created a joint investment fund that ... According to Israel Line (Jun 12), Israel's fourth largest bank, Bank Mizrahi, and the international investment house Lehman Brothers...
Tags: bank, Lehman Brothers Inc.
Research articles 2001-06-14
Matthew Hickerson Named Global Head of Communications & Marketing For UBS Investment Bank
NEW YORK -- UBS announced today that Matthew Hickerson has joined the firm as Managing Director and Global Head of Communications & Marketing for UBS Investment Bank. He is based in New York and reports to Robert Wolf, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, UBS Americas and Global Chief Operating Officer...
Tags: marketing
Research articles 2007-06-21
2 Schools of Thought on Buying Bank Stocks
Investment U submits: If you have followed the market over the past year, you know what's been happening if you've been thinking about buying bank stocks. A good proxy for the group is KBW Bank ETF KBE, an exchange-traded fund that holds all of the nation's major banks. The...
Tags: Financial
External links 2008-07-31
Wells Fargo starts investment training program. (Quick ticks: monthly industry news updates).(Wells Fargo Bank)(Brief Article)
Wells Fargo Bank staffers will now be able to offer investment advice by the end of the year through a program the bank has begun throughout the country. Wells Fargo Bank staffers will now be able to offer investment advice by the end of...
Tags: bank, industry, training, Wells Fargo & Co.
Research articles 2003-08-01
BTG Helps Launch Global Investment Network for World Bank Group's MIGA
VIENNA, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 12, 1995--BTG, Inc. (BTGI-Nasdaq National Market) was selected by the World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency MIGA to develop the architecture and software for the agency's new electronic investment marketplace. The Investment Promotion Agency Network IPAnet is an Internet-based electronic marketplace designed to promote investment...
Tags: investment, network, World Bank Group
Research articles 1995-10-12
Asia: Australia - Macquarie Makes A Comeback - After A Dip In Fortunes, Macquarie Bank Is Celebrating Its First Anniversary Of Buying Part Of ING With Bumper Profits And A Rebound In Its Share Price. Virginia Marsh Reports From Sydney.
After a difficult period, Macquarie Bank, Australia's only substantial independent investment bank, has silenced its critics with one of its best years ever. After a difficult period, Macquarie Bank, Australia's only substantial independent investment bank, has silenced its critics with one of its...
Tags: ING Group
Research articles 2005-05-01
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