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Investment group takes majority stake in global advice firm

BY ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017 11:47AM

An investment consortium will acquire a majority stake in international advice network Focus Financial, which recently acquired a Brisbane advice firm with MW Lomax and has expressed further plans for its Australian expansion.

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