Underwriter

An underwriter is a financial entity, typically an investment bank or broker-dealer, that assesses and assumes the risk of issuing new securities, such as stocks or bonds, and often helps to sell them to investors.

Why it’s in the news: Underwriters are in the news due to their central roles in major IPOs, including those for SpaceX, Robinhood, and Oura.

Latest on Underwriter

• The Sovereign Underwriter: How Washington Reallocates Venezuela’s Political Risk
• Chinese AI firm DeepSeek taps underwriters including Citic Securities for IPO: sources
• Robinhood Wins a New Role in the Oura IPO: Underwriter
• SpaceX’s two lead underwriters have a $1 trillion chasm between their valuations as IPO quiet period ends
• SpaceX IPO raises $85.7 billion as underwriters exercise 'greenshoe' option

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