1. a badge of one or more V-shaped stripes worn on the sleeve by noncommissioned officers to indicate rank, length of service, etc. 2. an ornament in this form, as on a molding. 3. Also called chevâ²ron weave`. herringbone (def. 2a). 4. Heraldry. an ordinary in the form of an inverted V. [1300â50; Middle English cheveroun < Old French: rafter, chevron < Vulgar Latin *capriÅn-, s. of *capriÅ, derivative of Latin caper goat]
An investment banker is typically a line job in the investment banking division. A financial engineer is typically a staff job in the sales & trading, or financial strategies, division. They provide valuable supporting input, but are typically not in charge.
Investment banks specialize in large and complex financial transactions such as underwriting, acting as an intermediary between a securities issuer and the investing public, facilitating mergers and other corporate reorganizations, and acting as a broker and/or financial adviser for institutional clients.ajor investment banks include Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Warburgs, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Salomon Brothers, UBS, Credit Suisse, Citibank and Lazard.