金融英语考试之金融阅读辅导之投资银行

 　　金融英语考试之金融阅读辅导之投资银行

　　An investment bank is an institution that can act as an agent or underwriter for companies that wish to issue securities or equity¹. Investment banks differ from commercial banks， since they don’t accept deposits or provide loans to individuals. Generally an investment bank will have a financial markets operation in which dealers² and/or brokers³ are employed. Under this operation， the investment bank will make markets in foreign exchange， money markets， commodity markets， etc.， and maintain a secondary market for previously⁴ issued securities. This is done by quoting buy and sell prices to their customers. These customers also include other banks. Another type of service investment banks provide to their investors⁵ is advisory⁶ services.

　　投资银行是能够充当想要发行有价证券或股票的公司代理人或担保人的机构。投资银行不同于商业银行，因为他们不接收存款或提供个人贷款。一般，投资银行有一个金融市场运作系统，在这个系统中雇佣了代理人和/或经纪人。在这个运作系统下，投资银行会变成外汇市场、货币市场、商品市场等，对于先前发行的有价证券维持二级市场。通过给他们的客户提供买卖价格来做到这点。这些客户还包括其他银行。另一种服务投资银行提供给他们的投资者，那就是咨询服务。

1 equity   

n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票

参考例句：

• They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
• To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。

2 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

3 brokers   

n.（股票、外币等）经纪人( broker的名词复数 )；中间人；代理商；（订合同的）中人v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的第三人称单数 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• The firm in question was Alsbery & Co., whiskey brokers. 那家公司叫阿尔斯伯里公司，经销威士忌。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• From time to time a telephone would ring in the brokers' offices. 那两排经纪人房间里不时响着叮令的电话。 来自子夜部分

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

6 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。