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Focus Financial buys B2B outsourcer -- a business model shift that stretches its M&A dollar but also introduces identity issues

The New York rollup bought $9 billion of AUM, but CornerStone Partners is still an OCIO for non-profit institutions with a set of challenges unique to its niche.

Author Brooke Southall November 13, 2020 at 4:29 AM
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Rudy Adolf: We kind of tried to stay away from the institutional business intentionally.

Rudy Adolf


quite frankly

quite frankly

November 14, 2020 — 5:16 PM
Quite frankly focus is no value added

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Focus Financial Partners, LLC
Consolidator/Roll-up Firm
Top Executive: Rudy Adolf



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