# Prof. Roy Smith sees new opportunities for boutique financial firms

1 Faculty News March 19, 2012 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times DealBook blog](http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/amid-wall-street-giants-a-firm-thinks-small-and-exclusive/) -- "'The industry is suffering from a reputation problem,' said [Roy Smith](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/roy-smith), a professor at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. 'This creates an opportunity for boutiques.'"

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