The fallout from the controversial stock market flotation of Britain's Royal Mail (Other OTC: ROYMF – news) has reopened a rift between the bank and independent advisers who run such deals. Subsequent questions over the pricing of the offer have reignited the bad feeling between banks, who sometimes feel advisers …
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