Our Mission Statement

As your life evolves, not only does your financial strategy become more complex, but your options for implementing it increase as well. Evaluating and choosing among these options may in turn become a difficult task.

This is where we come in.

With the guidance of experienced advisors, a team with both the understanding of your diverse needs and the access and ability to leverage customized programs, we strive to help make sense of the complexity and to provide you with strategies to navigate.

At the McLain, McNew, Penno Group, we focus on what is most important to you and provide the skills, sophisticated strategies and world-class resources needed to make informed, confident decisions about your life, family, and finances.

Who We Serve
Individuals and families seeking trusted financial counsel.

Why We Serve
Because we love participating in our client's lives and helping them achieve their goals.

How We Serve
With a passion for doing what is right.
Services Include
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Approach

Discovery Process
Investing the time to learn about you and your family; your assets and liabilities and the risk exposures, enables us to formulate strategies and customize the relationship to your needs.
Formulation of Tax, Trust and Estate Strategy
Working with your tax and legal advisors, we help analyze your income and estate tax circumstances to identify and tailor planning techniques that may be used to address your objectives.
Creation of Customized Strategic Asset Allocation
Your customized asset allocation reflects risk, opportunities and taxation across multiple entities, while integrating your investing and estate plans.
Integration of Tactical Asset Allocation
Short-term adjustments seek to capitalize on temporary market distortions. Before making adjustments, we analyze the impact of taxes and trading costs on potential returns.
Implementation of a Customized Wealth Strategy
After comprehensive due diligence and analysis of expected results across multiple market scenarios, strategies are chosen from our expansive investment platform.
Ongoing Assessment
In coordination with your other advisors, we can conduct ongoing reviews and comprehensive reporting to ensure that your strategy adapts to changing financial and family needs.

Welcome

Here are the items contained in our Welcome Packet.
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    Welcome Letter
    Our Welcome Letter is a concise introduction into our practice. Learn more about some of the services we provide as a team along with our contact information.
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    Brochure
    We believe that sharing more about our passion is crucial to building relationships that last. This pitch book is a short slide deck with more on the "why", "what", and "how" of our practice. Take a look and learn more about our Mission Statement and Service Model.
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    Guide to Reading Your Morgan Stanley Statement
    A more detailed overview on the components of your statement, here to help with your overall experience.
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    New Client Experience
    Get an idea of the first 100 days from the perspective of a newly onboarded client, as well as instructions to get signed up on Morgan Stanley Online.
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Plan with Confidence

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For many business owners, the eventual sale of their business is a transaction of a lifetime, representing an integral part of their overall financial planning. Decision making can be emotionally taxing before, during and after this process. In our experience, a strong team of advisors can lead to increased probability of successful financial and non-financial outcomes. Though it may seem obvious that leaving enough time to plan and having an adequate plan in place are two key factors in determining transition success, only 27% of business owners say they have a robust business succession plan. As with the rest of your finances, it is important to construct a roadmap for your business and ensure that it is aligned with your personal aspirations.

Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230321005177/en/New-Survey-Explores-State-of-U.S.-Family-Owned-Businesses

Investment Strategy
After the sale of your business, your finances will likely carry a different look. You may have more cash at your disposal to invest and your continued exposure to your business may lead to future payments. Depending on your equity in the business, it may be worth considering ways to mitigate concentration risk. We can discuss diversification, strategic selling, and gifting.

Risk Management
Through this process, it's important to consider how to protect your wealth. Part of the equation may include tailoring your insurance coverage to better reflect your new circumstances. The ownership structure of your assets, using trusts, and using a strategic insurance program could be beneficial in your overall financial plan.

Estate Planning
Planning for what happens when after you're gone is key to protecting your legacy. After transition, consider creating or updating your estate plan. We can discuss durable financial powers of attorney, a trusted person who can act on your behalf to ensure financial matters are taken care of, a last will to help articulate your wishes, and a trust to help you further describe how you would like your wealth to be handled.

Modern Wealth Tools & Investor Resources

Morgan Stanley's suite of Modern Wealth Management Tools allows advisors to offer more customized and comprehensive advice than anywhere else. These tools' ease of use allows for a more in-depth view of a client's financial life to be taken, resulting in better service and more well-rounded advice.

We seek to make complex financial ideas more digestible so that our clients understand what is being done on their behalf to plan for their financial future, and why. The links below provide in-depth analysis on interesting topics that are affecting the worlds of business and finance not only now, but in the future.
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    Digital Vault lets you easily and securely manage and share important documents such as account statements, authorizations, tax filings and other relevant documents with your Financial Advisor.
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    Financial Planning
    Morgan Stanley Financial Planning can show you a single, comprehensive snapshot of your finances. We can help you create a wealth plan that’s adaptable to the different stages of your life using our award winning tools- Goals Planning System (GPS) and LifeView.
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    Thoughts On The Market Podcast
    With perspectives on the forces shaping the market, join Mike Wilson, Chief Investment Officer and Chief US Equity Strategist for Morgan Stanley, as he and his colleagues discuss a variety of viewpoints regarding the latest trends in the financial marketplace.
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    From the use of satellite data technology to solve some of the world's most complex problems, to learning how not to follow the crowd when making decisions, The Morgan Stanley Ideas Podcast brings you revealing stories about the world of business, finance, technology and beyond. Click the link below for more information and to access a library of interesting content.
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    Detailed market commentary from Morgan Stanley's thought leaders on topics such as global equities, fixed income, monetary policy and more.
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    The Global Investment Committee's Lisa Shalett headlines this weekly look at markets, asset class performance and fixed income.
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Location

1775 I Street NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
US
Direct:
(202) 862-9139(202) 862-9139
Toll-Free:
(800) 745-2451(800) 745-2451

Meet The McNew Penno Group

About Brian Michael McNew

Brian McNew is a Vice President, Financial Advisor, and Portfolio Management Director with Morgan Stanley in Washington, DC. Brian has more than 20 years of experience in financial services and has been with the firm since 2008. He began his career in June of 2000 with a small financial planning firm in Bowie, MD.  Then from 2003 to 2008, Brian was with Merrill Lynch out of Florida.
Brian graduated from Washington College with a BA in Business Administration. Personally, he has been married for 16 years and has three boys and a girl. Away from the office, he enjoys spending quality time with the family, fishing and boating.
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14 Years with Morgan Stanley
Washington College, B.A.
Securities Agent: MD, CT, ND, RI, NY, NE, MA, IL, DC, AZ, AL, WY, WV, MI, KS, IA, PA, NV, DE, VA, TX, OK, IN, WI, WA, UT, MN, FL, CA, NJ, LA, CO, OH, NM, NC, KY, GA, SC, OR, MO; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative
NMLS#: 1255362
CA Insurance License #: 0E46528

About Leland Penno

Leland A. Penno is a Portfolio Management Director and Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley in Washington, DC.  Leland has more than 19 years of experience in financial services and was previously at DMG Securities before moving to Morgan Stanley in 2005.
 
Leland graduated from Messiah College with a BS in Business Administration.  With the firm, he primarily focuses on discretionary management of taxable and tax-exempt accounts, value based individual equity selections, and family wealth strategies.  Away from the office, he enjoys spending time with his family and is actively involved with his church. Leland is also an avid Baltimore sports fan and enjoys hunting and fishing.

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19 Years with Morgan Stanley
Messiah College, B.S.
Securities Agent: NH, NE, ND, NC, MT, MS, MO, MN, MI, ME, MD, MA, LA, KY, KS, IA, IN, IL, GA, FL, DE, DC, CT, CO, CA, AZ, AL, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, NJ; General Securities Representative; Investment Advisor Representative; Managed Futures
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About Alice Slopow

Alice is a Client Service Associate with the McLain, McNew, Penno Group at Morgan Stanley. For the team, Alice is responsible for various forms of operational and administrative support for both clients and financial advisors. She is the initial interface for our new and existing clients and is responsible for managing all client service needs.
 
She holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a focus on Banking and Finance from Bowie State University. In her free time, Alice loves spending time with her family and close friends. 
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Portfolio Insights

Retirement

Working with you to understand your life goals and develop a personalized wealth strategy. Today and for the years to come.
  • 401(k) Rollovers
  • IRA Plans
  • Retirement income strategies
  • Retirement plan participants
  • Annuities
4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts
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4 Financially Smart Ways to Take Money Out of Retirement Accounts

Discover how planning for required minimum distributions from retirement accounts can help you fund future needs and support loved ones.

Investing

Working closely with you to guide your wealth and investments through the most challenging market cycles.
  • Asset Management
  • Wealth Planning
  • Traditional Investments
  • Alternative Investments
  • Impact Investing
2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth
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2025 Global Economic Outlook: U.S. Policies May Temper Global Growth

Global growth is likely to be around 3% in 2025 and 2026, as tariff and immigration policies begin to slow the U.S. economy late next year, and China's underperformance restrains emerging markets.

Family

Creating customized financial strategies for the challenges that today’s families face.
  • Estate Planning Strategies
  • 529 Plans / Education Savings Planning
  • Long Term Care Insurance
  • Special Needs Planning
  • Trust Services
Taking Control of Your Finances After Death of a Spouse
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Taking Control of Your Finances After Death of a Spouse

Financial planning after a divorce or death can be trying, but with the right approach and the right advice you can turn a difficult situation into empowerment.

Business Planning

Helping you on key aspects of your business such as ownership, liquidity and developing opportunities.
  • Succession Planning
  • Business Planning
  • Qualified Retirement Plans
Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business
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Financial Planning for Life After Selling a Business

Selling your business can mean big changes for your life, both personally and financially. Know how to make the most of your windfall.

Philanthropy

Making sure your philanthropic dollars are managed with the same high quality service as the rest of your wealth.
  • Endowments
  • Foundations
  • Donor Advised Funds
  • Impact Investing
Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving 
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Donor Advised Funds: A Smart Way to Manage Your Giving 

There’s more to charitable giving than you may realize. Here’s one method that may be a tax-efficient way to give and can help maximize your impact.
Ready to start a conversation? Contact The McNew Penno Group today.
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