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(Part 2 of 3-part series) Hou-Sear team can't always beat RIAs so it joins them

Why Hou-Sear turned down $60 million to start Luminous

Author Brooke Southall September 28, 2009 at 5:57 AM
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David Hou and Mark Sear: Our biggest fear was that Merrill Lynch would find out and fire us, Sear says.

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