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Southern California's Research Player.(Brief Article)

By Reports, Staff
Publication: Traders
Date: Monday, September 1 2003

Another specialized investment banking operation has thrown in the towel, deciding to merge with one of its rivals. B. Riley & Co., a Los Angeles-based institutional research firm, is merging with Friend & Company, an investment banking firm that has specialized in the small-cap banking market.

Friend will become a division of B. Riley and Co., making it one of Southern California's biggest independent research firms, Riley officials said. Riley tries to focus on small to mid-sized companies that are ignored by bigger Wall Street firms. Riley officials adde

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