The phrase "allocation in return for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a trade-off or exchange where something is given or assigned in exchange for something else.
Example: "The company offered an allocation in return for the investor's financial support."
Alternatives: "distribution in exchange for" or "assignment in exchange for".
Institutional shareholders and corporate bosses were plied with IPO allocations in return for inflated commissions and future favours.
Citi claims that these allocations were not in return for investment-banking work; rather, they were a reward to the best customers of its private-banking arm.
It would seem the president is surrounding himself with people he knows and trusts – he has also made player changes although, much to fans' dismay, this has involved the release of several academy players and the trading of several top draft pick options in return for allocation money.
CSFB has already paid a fine of $100m to settle charges that it received excessive commissions from hedge funds in return for allocations of shares in newly floated companies, though the investment bank has not admitted any wrongdoing.
But it speaks very little on how to react when potential IPO investors–say, hedge funds or corporate executives promise certain business or trades in return for allocations.
Brodsky, at the time CSFB's general counsel for the Americas, told Quattrone that the federal grand jury was a "development of extreme concern," but he said the investigation was into kickbacks allegedly paid by hedge funds in return for the allocation of highly lucrative initial public offering shares.
The first amounts to getting kickbacks from money managers in return for share allocations.
The GOK originally held discussions with Qatar over the development of the Lamu port in return for a substantial allocation of farm land.
They selected Jack Harrison, a Bolton-born midfielder who spent seven years in the Manchester United youth system, as the No1 overall pick, only to trade the No4 slot with New York City FC in return for Harrison and allocation money.
The committee also proposed rules that would strengthen existing regulations meant to protect investors from being charged abnormally high commissions in return for favorable stock allocations.
