underwriter

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The U.S. remains the largest underwriter of humanitarian funding, but its allocation is down from more than $10 billion or more annually in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

While impressive, the underwriter fees get split up across the banks and aren’t the real money-maker.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Investigators say that participants often tell an underwriter to allocate most of an IPO’s shares to a handful of accounts in the name of foreign nationals.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

That is because brokerage firms are allotted a certain percentage of the total offering from the underwriter and then divide the new shares among clients who have put in orders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

And yet in an ordinary policy of insurance there is no express provision requiring the underwriter to indemnify the assured against this liability.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various