investment banker
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5.8
- noun
- /ɪnˈvɛstmənt ˈbæŋkər/
- If someone wants to issue stock, they go to an investment banker to help them.
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Watch on YouTubeI knew it's going to be these well known firms or, you know, my investment bankers are going to find me this sort of investor.
- I knew it's going to be these well known firms or, you know, my investment bankers are going to find me this sort of investor.
- So he was one of the top investment bankers, you know, covering banks, but top investment banker, right?
- You've got the investment bankers full attention, right?
- Study has to go to like become an investment banker, heaven forbid.
- Your background was that you were an investment banker.
- Who grew up in South Africa, was part of the anti apartheid, who became an investment banker, Who is you know, who's had a life such as yours?
- But dude, it goes to like, it's so like, I'll have a, I'll have a financial like an investment banker, right?
- So what happened when you broke this news to your investment banker dad that you were going to embrace this firefighting career?
- But if you're going up that investment bankers route and ladder because you think that's what you should do, that's not your calling.
Examples
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As an investment banker, she advises her clients on mergers and acquisitions.
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The new regulatory structure permitted commercial banks to have many of the same powers as brokerages and investment bankers.
Academic text (2009) -
James knows people in the city who still speak well of her husband, an investment banker who died ten years ago.
Fiction book (1990) -
Meghan is my top investment banker here at the firm.
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I knew it's going to be these well known firms or, you know, my investment bankers are going to find me this sort of investor.
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Look, I suppose, but anyhow, they'd hire an investment banker to value the firm and try to ensure that the investors get a fair deal.
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They were both investment bankers, on the boards of a dozen charities.
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As an investment banker, diplomat, advisor to presidents and mayors, he helped shape public and private policy for more than three decades.
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He's an investment banker.
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In Daddy's generation, the Carcassonnes were doctors, lawyers, investment bankers, and stockbrokers.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
36
7.5
A person who manages large amounts of money for banks or companies
How Senior
- UK
26
3.6
352
3.4
37
5.8
484
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound denotes an agent formed transparently from 'investment' (activities involving committing capital) + 'banker' (a banking professional), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it means a banker who works with investments. Although the precise specialized duties (underwriting, M&A advisory) are technical, the basic role is compositional and cross-linguistically obvious.
Etymology
Investment banker comes from joining investment (money put into a business to help it grow) and banker (a person who works with money). Picture a banker who does not just keep money but helps companies 'raise money' and make big deals to grow — that's why an investment banker today advises firms and helps them get funds.