The phrase "advisory assignments" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where tasks or roles involve providing advice or guidance, often in a professional or educational setting.
Example: "The committee is responsible for overseeing advisory assignments related to curriculum development."
Alternatives: "consultative tasks" or "guidance roles".
Mr. Viniar said that Goldman had as big a backlog of underwriting and advisory assignments as it had ever had.
But the firm sought to highlight positives, including a number of advisory assignments that closed during the quarter.
During that period, David worked on more than 75 financings raising over US$30 billion and executed over 35 financial advisory assignments.
In its release, Greenhill said it was earning fees from activities unrelated to deal-making, including "strategic advisory assignments, fund-raising and other activities".
Raine has already worked on a number of advisory assignments, including counseling Flash Entertainment, owned by Abu Dhabi, on its purchase of a stake in the Ultimate Fighting Championship league.
The investment bank said that its adjusted profit for the first quarter slid 17 percent from the same time a year ago, to $37 million, as fewer of its advisory assignments closed during the period.
The transaction on Monday was the biggest advisory assignment for Brown Brothers on record, according to data from Reuters.
Morgan Stanley was unacceptable because the bank had done some work for E*Trade in the past, though its last merger advisory assignment was the company's 2005 $1.6 billion takeover of BrownCo, a unit of JPMorgan Chase.
In fact, the latest deal, in which Brown Brothers advised Zoll, was the biggest advisory assignment for the firm on record. Brown Brothers has advised on all of 32 deals since March of 1991, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
The investment bank, which launched its IPO in May, specializes in advisory and restructuring assignments; word is the advisory business has slowed in the early months of summer.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York, to DiMassimo Brand Advertising, New York, to handle a new assignment for its financial advisory services group.
