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HighTower veteran helps Morgan Stanley Smith Barney team break away upstate New York style

A breakaway story from the perspective of the facilitator

Author Brooke Southall November 30, 2010 at 4:35 AM
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The Morgia Group breakaway to HighTower Advisors and Fidelity proceeded despite the big snow in Watertown, N.Y.

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