Brennan v. Murphy & Walsh Associates, Inc.

—White, J.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Cobb, J.), entered October 5, 1995 in Columbia County, which, inter alia, denied plaintiff’s cross motion for partial summary judgment.

*637Defendant Murphy & Walsh Associates, Inc. (hereinafter defendant) is in the business of marketing investment advisory services and soliciting the trustees of public pension funds (hereinafter Public Funds) to induce them to place their assets with its clients who invest and manage these moneys in stock, bond, real estate and other types of funds. For its services, defendant receives an annual retainer from…