The head of a syndicate of financial firms that are sponsoring an initial public offering of securities or a secondary offering of securities. Could also apply to bond issues.

See Lead Manager

When a company wants to raise capital by selling securities to investors, it partners with an investment bank, known as the lead underwriter. That bank has the primary responsibility for organizing and managing an initial public offering (IPO), a secondary stock offering, or a bond offering. In the case of an IPO, the lead underwriter agrees to buy [..]

Definition The commercial or investment bank which has primary responsibility for organizing a given credit or bond issuance. This bank will find other lending organizations or underwriters to create [..]

Lead underwriter is an investment bank or other financial company that has the primary directive for organizing an initial public stock offering, or a secondary offering for companies that are already [..]

brokerage house in charge of IPO. 

The brokerage house that is responsible for IPO.

The head of a syndicate of financial firms that are sponsoring an initial public offering of securities or a secondary offering of securities. Could also apply to bond issues.