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Scandal does lead to adviser attrition — but not right away

Attention media: Connecting today's news to today's defections ignores the logistics of the business

Quick snapshot into Danny Sarch's life: Mega Producer Team (MPT) leaves Big Wirehouse on a Friday. Like death and taxes, a few things are certain. First, the Losing Big Wirehouse will slowly let leak that the team had “money problems,” or that the business was in trouble, or that the

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