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PagnatoKarp learns going it alone has its limits, jumps into the arms of another serial buyer, Cresset, after declaring its independence from HighTower only four years ago

Cresset makes largest acquisition yet with $2.5 billion PagnatoKarp, lifting its assets to $9.5 billion, nearly triple just two years ago.

Author Lisa Shidler June 17, 2020 at 8:25 PM
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Eric Becker: "It's the evolution from Merrill to HighTower to being their own firm and innovators. I like that evolution.


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