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Why Advent and Black Diamond are merging and how advisors look at the deal

The rival software makers hit it off after their top execs had a February phone call

Author Brooke Southall May 13, 2011 at 2:27 PM
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Peter Hess: Black Diamond had emerged as the pre-eminent player in [the RIA] space.


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