"Bryan is the big picture, higher-level strategic partner with strong international experience, and Le is the day-to-day manager with strategic execution, " observes Nguyen.

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"Ron's not an execution guy, and he's not a manager, " says Peter Lamm, chief executive of Fenway Partners, a Manhattan-based private equity group.

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The added advantage of a manager who understands the local markets, and the costs savings you will gain from superior execution than you are going to be able to get as an individual, almost always make going through a fund the right choice.

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Any manager who determines in his judgment that achievement of the minority brokerage goals is not consistent with his best execution duty may simply refuse to do business with minority brokers.

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