His father retired as a senior vice president for portfolio-services marketing at Oppenheimer Capital, the New York investment management business.

The bridegroom, 30, is a vice president and stock analyst at Oppenheimer Capital, investment managers in Manhattan.

Oppenheimer Capital and Alliance Capital Management each acquired more than 30 million shares of WorldCom in the fourth quarter, according to federal filings.

Neither the managers of those funds nor a representative of Oppenheimer Capital would comment on the Worldcom holdings.

(Sponsor: Quest for Value Advisers, a unit of Oppenheimer Capital, New York City).

"It makes really good sense from a strategic point of view," said David G. Santry, a senior vice president at Oppenheimer Capital, a major stockholder.

ING has apparently not been seeking to acquire Oppenheimer Capital.

Mr. Giventer, 29, is a vice president and an investment analyst at Oppenheimer Capital in New York.

Oppenheimer Management Corporation is in talks to acquire the assets of 12 Quest for Value funds from Oppenheimer Capital.

The bridegroom is a vice president and a securities analyst at Oppenheimer Capital in New York.