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Merger and breakaway experts convene near Princeton at old Merrill Lynch lair

Attendees will shares notes on how to dismantle wirehouse salesforces

Author Elizabeth MacBride October 22, 2009 at 3:31 AM
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Brian Hamburger: “I’ve been critical of investment advisers. I don’t think they’ve taken advantage of this time [of upheaval].”


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