Assertion: merchant bank | /r/CapableOf | see sharp decline
Facets:
value: from the late 1980s
type: TEMPORAL
value: in business
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Merchant banks , which not so long ago ruled the financial capitals of the world with their close-knit network of private financiers and underwriters, saw a sharp decline in business from the late 1980s as global bank mergers created mammoth investment banking operations under universal banking models.