high finance

noun

1. large-scale financial transactions or institutions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of high finance¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

A man who spent most of his professional career in the unforgiving world of high finance, he was a senior figure in companies holding investment portfolios in the billions of pounds.

From BBC

"Even in the world of high finance, this court cannot endorse a proposition that finds a misstatement of at least $812 million dollars to be 'immaterial,'" he wrote.

From Reuters

The more recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and the outbreak of fear about the health of the banking system could make 2023 an even leaner year for those working in high finance.

From New York Times

The two nations, both so practical in so many ways — whether power looms or medical science and high finance — are nonetheless suckers for princes and princesses and happily ever after.

From Washington Post

“Trust” is a love story pretending to be a tale of high finance, but Diaz is skeptical of the romance or Wall Street epic.

From Los Angeles Times