underwriter

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

I’ll move heaven and earth to help him, and if he fails I’ll move them again to make him a good underwriter!

From Big Game A Story for Girls by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.