Bain acquiring QVARTZ: quite major acquisition. Any perspective from Bainies?

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They’re doing it to counter a hostile takeover bid by Accenture!

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Forgive my unfortunate colleague, they probably do tech implementations and don't know the "biz" side of things ;)

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It’s vnbelievable.

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It’s MBBQ in the Nordics (sorry Deloitte)

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450 employees is a major acquisition?

I actually would like to know the answer to who has the largest strategy arm, if anyone knows. Looking at reported HC, I'd guess McK has 6k and Bain is under 3k. I've heard ACN Strat is around 2k.

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