Con questo termine inglese si indicano in italiano sia le banche tradizionali sia le varie istituzioni private che operano come intermediarie nella gestione del denaro e con società finanziaria si intendono sia gli istituti di credito veri e propri sia società più complesse, come Merrill Lynch, UBS ecc...


http://www.ubspainewebber.com/PWIC/CDA/main/1,1194,SE751-EN7...
"UBS Warburg has been named 'Equity House of the Year'...ranked at or near the top of all bookrunners' tables and maintained a dominant position in the equity-linked market..."

http://www.ml.com/
ML was named "Bank of the Year for Equity" and for Emerging Markets by Corporate Finance magazine



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Note added at 2002-03-17 23:48:43 (GMT)
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Aggiungo un esempio domestico con la Deutsche Bank:
As its market share has increased, Deutsche Bank has become the leading equities house in Europe, enjoying premier status in all the major cash equities and derivatives markets, including the #1 market shares in both the United Kingdom and Germany. In North America its presence in the listed and OTC equities markets is gathering momentum and in Program Trading it has the #1 market share on the NYSE. In Asia, Japan and Latin America its franchise is also growing, while in Australia and South Africa it has maintained a leading position as Top Equity House.