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A look inside Focus Financial's big deal with The Colony Group

The Boston RIA put the big New York aggregator under a microscope and used high-end lawyers and investment bankers for added vetting

Author Lisa Shidler September 23, 2011 at 4:37 AM
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Michael Nathanson: If there is no IPO, we'd still be comfortable holding shares.


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



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