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Two accounting firms abandon merger talks leaving giant Schwab RIA surprised and crestfallen

Wipfli and Eide Bailly suddenly quit the field leaving industry observers -- not to mention Hewins Financial -- wondering why

Author Lisa Shidler February 29, 2012 at 5:17 AM
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Roger Hewins: We're all pretty upset about it.

Elmer Rich III

Elmer Rich III

March 1, 2012 — 6:33 PM

We are doing a fair amount of M&A consulting and it is complicated. The agood reporting in the article points out some of the pitfalls.


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