Everything behind the practice, so you can stay with clients.
Five areas of support, adopted individually or together, depending on the partnership.
Succession & continuity
For advisors planning a transition, and for those who want a plan in place in case of the unexpected.
A succession plan protects three things: your clients, your staff and the value of the practice you built. We work through each one with you, with a timeline that can be measured in months or years.
- Practice valuation
- Phased transition timelines
- Client introduction and retention planning
- Continuity agreements for unexpected events
- Staff retention and role planning
- Options for an ongoing role after transition
Operations, compliance & technology
The work behind the practice, handled by our team.
Our operations team takes on the regulatory and administrative work that tends to take advisors away from clients. Technology is implemented and supported for you, including client data migration.
- Compliance oversight and regulatory filings
- Supervisory reviews and books and records
- Billing, performance reporting and account administration
- Custodial transitions and new account paperwork
- CRM, financial planning and portfolio reporting software
- Client portal and secure document vault
Investment management & research
Our investment process, available to your clients.
Advisors can adopt our investment process in full or keep established client strategies where they remain appropriate. Either way, research, trading and rebalancing are handled centrally.
- Model portfolios and ongoing research
- Trading and rebalancing
- Tax-aware portfolio management
- Participation in investment discussions
- Flexibility for established client strategies
- Consolidated client reporting
Your clients & your brand
Continuity for the people who trust you.
Clients choose an advisor, not a platform. Where it serves them, your practice can keep the name they recognize, with a dedicated service team behind it. Larger client families can also be introduced to the Darden Wealth Group Family Office.
- Option to keep your practice name
- Co-branded or fully integrated presentation
- Dedicated client service associates
- Financial planning support for your clients
- Family office and trustee services for complex households
- A single point of contact on our team
Ownership & terms
Structures built around your goals and timeline.
Every partnership is structured individually. Terms are set out in writing before anything is signed, and we encourage every advisor to review them with independent legal and tax counsel.
- Buyout structures
- Revenue-sharing arrangements
- Phased and earn-out payments
- A defined path to equity or partnership
- Retention of existing staff where appropriate
- Terms documented in a definitive agreement
Specific terms depend on the practice and are determined individually. Nothing on this page is an offer or a commitment to any particular structure.