MAI Capital Adds $1.2B Fee-Only Advisor Team

The high-net-worth specialist registered investment advisor MAI Capital Management has acquired Halpern Financial, a fee-only RIA with offices in Ashburn, Virginia, and Rockville, Maryland.

The firm, which was founded by Ted Halpern in 1991 and has $1.2 billion in assets under management, will adopt MAI’s brand identity and internal infrastructure, including human resources, operations and marketing. As part of MAI, Ted Halpern will take on the title of regional president.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but the deal is MAI’s 40th acquisition since 2018 and its eighth of 2024. In January, MAI acquired $1.4 billion Madison Wealth Management, which has a strong presence in northern Virginia, making this its second expansion in the region this year.

Rick Buoncore, executive chairman at MAI, cited the Halpern team’s passion for managing clients’ financial lives and its “longstanding success in valuing, uplifting and serving their clients” as key drivers of the acquisition.