The latest moves in North America's wealth management sector.

MMA Capital Holdings 
MMA Capital Holdings, the infrastructure-focused organization, has announced that its chief executive, Michael Falcone, has resigned, but remains a member of its board of directors.

The president, Gary Mentesana, will be taking on the CEO role as the board and the firm’s external manager, Hunt Investment Management, seeks a permanent replacement.

Falcone also resigned all of his positions with the manager and with Hunt Companies.

“After nearly 37 years of being associated with MMA and related businesses, it is time for me to step down. It was a great honor to serve our shareholders as CEO and I look forward to continuing to do so as a director,” Falcone said in a statement.

Katten
Veteran securities industry attorney Paul McCurdy joined Katten’s financial markets and funds group in New York. McCurdy led the broker-dealer regulatory practice at his previous firm for more than 20 years, was an executive committee member for 12 years and was the firm's chairman for three years. 

McCurdy represents retail, clearing and direct access broker-dealers, investment banking and advisory firms in regulatory, enforcement, compliance, corporate and litigation matters. His work includes internal investigations, cycle and risk-based examinations, enforcement proceedings and state registration matters, Katten said. 

He addresses areas such as anti-money laundering, trade disputes, customer complaints, clearing agreements, regulatory capital, short-selling and insider trading, to name just some of them. He has advised and defended witnesses in regulatory matters in more than 200 interviews before the Securities and Exchange Commission, the US Department of Justice, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and other government agencies.

McCurdy began his career as a litigation and corporate associate at New York-based national law firm Kelley Drye & Warren LLP in 1987. He ascended to chairman of the firm in 2012, having been a member of the executive and compensation committees and chairman of the attorneys committee.

Raymond James 
Raymond James welcomed financial advisor Kimberly Evans to its independent advisor channel in Atlanta, Georgia. Evans joins from Wells Fargo Advisors, where she previously managed more than $190 million in client assets, and is joined by relationship manager Anne Serianni.

Evans and Serianni operate as Align Wealth Advisors located in Atlanta, Georgia, and will be partnering with The Avenue Wealth Management Group, a large RJFS-affiliated group based in Athens, Georgia, with multiple offices in Georgia and Tennessee. Evans’ Atlanta office will be the newest addition to the Avenue consortium.