Mr. Hentic, 43, is president of Merger Inc., an investment banking concern in New York.
Her father is the president of De Guardiola Advisors, an investment banking concern in New York.
The bridegroom, also 27, is an associate at Miller Buckfire, an investment banking concern in New York.
His father retired as the managing director for sales and trading at Furman Selz, a New York investment banking concern.
Not long after he merged the Harriman investment interests into what is now Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, a banking concern.
First Interstate, the nation's ninth-largest banking concern, had previously declined to comment on reports linking the two companies.
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Mr. Knight, 44, is a partner in Knight, Tallman & Company, an investment banking concern in Darien, Conn.
Mr. Bakal, 35, is a co-owner of Orion Partners, an investment banking concern in New York.
Texas American Bancshares, another Texas banking concern, rose 1 1/2, to 16 1/8, in sympathy, according to traders.
He is a vice president for marketing at the Guggenheim Group, an investment banking concern in New York.
