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BANQUE INVESTISSEMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Investment
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Institution that accepts new issues of stocks from a corporation and attempts to sell them to the public at a profit. In the U.S., they have a separate legal status from commercial banks.

CONT

Merchant banks are of two kinds known as accepting houses and issuing houses. Present day activities of the merchant banks include acceptance, deposit banking, raising of capital, participation in consortia, underwriting, management of clients funds, advice to companies, management of mergers and take-over bids, dealings in foreign exchange, the issue and placing of shares and debentures, and marine and other insurance business.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Investissements et placements
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Inversiones
  • Comercio exterior
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