Independence Path Finder
Find the best UAG resource to start with based on the question you’re trying to answer.
Every advisor comes to the independence conversation from a different place.
Some are trying to protect what they have built. Some are trying to understand transition planning. Others are thinking about ownership, firm value, succession, economics, or how to prepare for a private conversation.
This short pathfinder helps you choose the UAG resource that best fits the question you’re trying to answer right now.
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Retain / Gain Assessment
This is the best starting point if you’re weighing what you want to preserve, what you may need more of, and what questions should be discussed before considering a new structure.
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Begin a confidential conversation
Use your selected starting point as a first step. When you’re ready, a confidential conversation can help you talk through what you want to protect, what you may need to gain, and whether UAG's advisor-owned model is worth exploring.
Begin a confidential conversationThis pathfinder is for educational and planning discussion only. It is designed to help advisors identify which UAG resource may be a useful starting point. It is not a prediction, guarantee, valuation, appraisal, transition recommendation, suitability determination, or confirmation that any specific structure is appropriate. Actual economics, costs, timelines, transition outcomes, valuation, succession options, and business results vary by advisor, firm, platform, custodian, client base, regulatory requirements, market conditions, and other factors. Advisors should review their situation with appropriate legal, compliance, tax, valuation, and professional advisors.
Retain / Gain Assessment
This is the best starting point if you’re weighing what you want to preserve, what you may need more of, and what questions should be discussed before considering a new structure.
Open the Retain / Gain AssessmentTransition Readiness Scorecard
This is the best starting point if you want to understand the practical areas that should be discussed before transition planning, including registration, client communication, technology, compliance, custodians, economics, timing, and team readiness.
Open the Transition Readiness ScorecardAdvisor Ownership Fit Assessment
This is the best starting point if you’re thinking about control, business-owner mindset, client relationships, partnership, infrastructure, and the long-term direction of your firm.
Open the Advisor Ownership Fit AssessmentFirm Value Driver Checklist
This is the best starting point if you want to review the business factors that may make a firm stronger, more durable, more transferable, and less dependent on the founder alone.
Open the Firm Value Driver ChecklistRIA Earnings Calculator
This is the best starting point if you want to explore how different structures may affect long-term economics. The calculator can help you compare your current platform costs with the economics of a UAG partnership and see what staying where you are may be costing over time. The decision tools can help clarify what you want to protect if you make a move, what you may need to strengthen, and what level of support would be most useful.
Open the RIA Earnings CalculatorConfidential Conversation Prep Sheet
This is the best starting point if you want to organize your current structure, priorities, concerns, timing, and questions before beginning a confidential conversation with UAG.
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