MAI Capital Management, a Cleveland, Ohio-based registered investment managing $12.2 billion, has acquired Investment Planning Associates, a Rockville, Maryland-based RIA managing $235 million.
IPA founding partner Jay Levin will assume the role of senior wealth advisor and managing director at MAI, while Ari Wiener will become a wealth advisor and director.
Since September, MAI has been owned by Galway Insurance Holdings, a New York-based financial services distribution company.
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.
A $1B fund allegedly skimmed 30% off the top, then swapped cash for locked-up stock.
Insiders allegedly rewrote projections three times in four days.
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