Article: Private Capital Deal a National Legg-Up.(Private Capital Management acquisition by Legg Mason)(Brief Article)

Legg Mason, Inc.'s deal to acquire Naples, Fla.-based Private Capital Management, which would be the firm's third acquisition of a private asset manager in the past year and a half, would help the firm achieve its goal of expanding its asset management business and doing so in the increasingly competitive high-net-worth marketplace. It would also give the firm a multi-regional reach that is fairly uncommon among private asset firms.

Raymond Mason, chairman and CEO of the Baltimore-based brokerage firm, said the buy is part of the firm's long-term strategy, formulated nearly 20 years ago: to push Legg Mason into the top tier of asset managers in the United States, and the ...

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