White-Shoe Firm

What does it Mean? A slang term for a broker-dealer firm that is strongly against hostile takeover practices.
Investopedia Says... The white-shoe firm's name is derived from the white buck shoes that were a fashion requirement within elite social organizations in the 1950s.

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