I’m sure I speak for many when I say that after a winter that featured Snowpocalypse on the East Coast and the coldest February in recorded history in Chicago, how nice it is to be someplace that is both warm and sunny. I’m also sure that I speak for the record ~1,200 delegates to the 40th annual FIA Boca conference when I give thanks that not one panel has the words “Dodd Frank” in its title.
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