Merriman, a 30-year old wealth-management firm, has been acquired by Focus Financial Partners of New York. Seattle-based Merriman, which employs 36 people, manages about $1.5 billion in client assets. It joins Focus, which has 21 other member firms, more than two dozen offices across the country, and nearly $60 billion under management. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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