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Updated · Wealth Management · Aug 18
MAI Capital Buys 2 RIAs With $1B AUM After Carlyle's $2.8 Billion Majority Deal
Updated
Updated · Wealth Management · Aug 18

MAI Capital Buys 2 RIAs With $1B AUM After Carlyle's $2.8 Billion Majority Deal

3 articles · Updated · Wealth Management · Aug 18

Summary

  • MAI Capital on Tuesday combined two separate announcements into a broader expansion push, buying OG Private Wealth and Waypoint Wealth Counsel for more than $1 billion in client assets.
  • OG Private Wealth adds about $551 million and more than 300 households in California, while Waypoint contributes roughly $490 million and over 100 households as MAI enters Atlanta.
  • The acquisitions follow Carlyle's June move to a majority stake and board seat in MAI, a recapitalization that valued the Cleveland-based RIA at more than $2.8 billion.
  • Rick Buoncore has said that capital will fund new services and both organic and inorganic growth, extending a dealmaking run that already included MAI's 2025 purchase of $27 billion Evoke Advisors.

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