Buying Liberty would reduce Goldman's reliance on lower-margin money market assets, which now comprise about 80 percent of its $ 28 . 2 billion in retail and institutional mutual fund assets, according to the Investment Company Institute, a mutual fund trade group.
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On March 11, three days after Ms . Wu sent a facsimile letter requesting $ 258, 110 from a Hong Kong investor, Paul Lang, Lang received a letter from William H . Heyman, Salomon's managing director in charge of retail accounts, threatening legal action if the margin money was not forthcoming.
