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underwriter

[uhn-der-rahy-ter] / ˈʌn dərˌraɪ tər /


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

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

But currently "no one is buying", he added, saying one underwriter reported to him less than one-percent uptake for Hormuz-related policies.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Jefferies Financial Group, the lead underwriter on the bond offering, boasted at the time that it was one of the biggest junk-rated deals ever completed for a retailer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

She said Cantor has no nonpublic information about the administration’s initiatives and noted that the firm was the underwriter, not the sponsor of the SPAC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

In the proceedings in connection with Raeburn's own bankruptcy, however, he is described as "portrait-painter and underwriter."

From Raeburn by Caw, J. L. (James Lewis), Sir




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