MAI Capital Management, a Cleveland-based registered investment adviser managing $11.8 billion, has acquired Marriottsville, Maryland-based Geier Asset Management, which manages $390 million and does business as Winpoint Financial.
Geier Asset Management was founded in 1999 by Joseph Geier, who continues to lead the firm along with Brian Woods. Both Winpoint Financial and MAI specialize in serving professional athletes.
MAI said in a release that it expects that the previously announced sale of a majority stake in the firm to Galway Insurance Holdings will close by the end of the month.
South Carolina estate planning firm joins Osaic’s IBD network, citing succession planning tools and multigenerational growth resources.
A new SIFMA and KPMG study of more than 2,100 US investors finds satisfaction high, AI-only trust falling, and demand for human guidance growing across every generation.
Retail banks and private wealth firms scored 40 in Fitch's AI stress test, signaling possible one-notch downgrade risk under an adverse scenario.
Elsewhere, Wells Fargo Advisors adds a $400 million Morgan Stanley veteran in Naples as an ex-Cetera advisor goes independent with LPL.
According to a federal charges Bradley Heppner, 60, received more than $150 million in payments through funneling money from GWG Holdings to a shell company.
Knighthead Life entered the market with a competitive MYGA. A strong launch earned advisor confidence and paved the way for FIAs.
As AI makes financial information more accessible than ever, Lana Hock explains why human judgment, trust, and empathy remain the qualities clients value most in a financial advisor
