SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR MODERN ADVISORS

Secure your business legacy with intelligent succession planning

Wallace Succession captures how you run your practice, your judgment, your cadence, your client relationships, and hands it to the next advisor intact. So the book you spent a career building doesn't walk out the door when you do.

Built for RIAs, wealth managers and family offices. No custody. No discretion. Your data stays yours.
Methodology ProfileLiving, v3.2
Review cadence
Tier A every ~90 days
98%
Tax-loss harvesting
Continuous, not year-end
92%
Down-market protocol
Call priority clients within 5 days
88%
Robert Chen's practice, ready to hand to the next advisor
$14.5T
in assets set to change hands this retirement wave
106,000
advisors retiring within the next decade
60%
of advisors have no formal succession plan
35 to 45%
of clients lost when a handoff is botched
Sources: Cerulli Associates; J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study; industry transition data.
THE RETIREMENT CLIFF IS HERE

Your real value isn't the book. It's the judgment that runs it.

When you retire, the assets transfer but the methodology walks out the door, the segmentation, the cadence, the hundred small rules that live only in your head. Clients feel the drift, and they leave.

Your methodology is undocumented

Decades of judgment, how you tier clients, when you act, what you say in a downturn, live in your head, not in any system.

Handoffs quietly lose clients

External transitions bleed 35 to 45% of clients within two years as relationships fail to transfer and the service model changes.

Your life's work loses value

A book that erodes the moment you step back is worth a fraction at sale, and leaves your clients worse off.

HOW IT WORKS

Capture. Codify. Continue.

Three simple steps. No IT project, no new software to learn, no data leaving your hands.

STEP 01
Capture

Upload your notes, client data, and the way you work, then answer a few plain-English questions. That's it.

About 10 minutes to start
STEP 02
Codify

Wallace's AI turns it into your Methodology Profile: the rules, cadence, and judgment that make you, you, with the reasoning behind each one.

Reviewed and approved by you
STEP 03
Continue

Your successor runs every client exactly the way you did, from day one, guided by your Twin at every decision.

Continuity your clients never feel
A LIVING TWIN

Not a binder that gathers dust. A methodology that stays current.

Your practice evolves, and so does your Twin. Every new note, meeting, and decision keeps it up to date, so it's always ready, whether succession is five years away or arrives unexpectedly tomorrow.

Always ready. Planned exit or emergency, your successor inherits a current, complete playbook, not a scramble.
You stay in control. Every update is proposed to you to accept, edit, or reject. Nothing changes without your sign-off.
A continuity record. A documented, versioned history of how the practice is run, an asset in its own right.
What changed this month
Suggested updates to your Twin, you decide.
Reviewed, accepted
New rule: RMD outreach at age 73
Captured from 4 recent client notes
Pending your review
Cadence shift for tier B households
Reviews trending to every 4 months
Flagged
Retire an unused rule?
Not observed in 14 months
THE OUTCOME

Turn a costly handoff into a seamless one

The difference between an external sale and a true continuity plan is whether your clients ever feel the change.

Preserve book value

Protect the enterprise value you spent a career building, so it transfers whole.

Keep your clients

Move from 35 to 45% attrition toward the 5 to 8% of a handoff where the successor already runs things your way.

A successor ready on day one

The next advisor steps in fluent, guided by your method at every client and every decision.

BUILT FOR FIDUCIARIES

Your data stays yours

We built Wallace Succession the way advisors need it: private by default, and squarely inside your fiduciary duties.

Processed, not stored

Your files are read to build your methodology, then discarded. We keep the playbook, not your client roster.

No custody, no discretion

Wallace is software. We never hold assets, place trades, or act on your behalf.

SEC-registered adviser

Built by Wallace Finance, an SEC-registered investment adviser that lives by the same rules you do.

You stay in control

Nothing enters your Twin without your approval, and you can export or delete it at any time.

QUESTIONS

Everything you're wondering

Do I need to be technical to use this?

No. You upload files and answer a few plain-English questions. The AI does the heavy lifting, and everything it produces is reviewed and approved by you. If you can send an email, you can build your Twin.

What happens to my clients' data?

It's processed to capture your methodology, then discarded. We store the derived playbook and its history, not your client records. Wallace takes no custody and no discretion, and you can export or delete your Twin at any time.

How long does it take to get started?

About ten minutes to begin. You'll have a first draft of your Methodology Profile the same session, then refine it over time as your practice evolves.

What if my succession is years away, or happens suddenly?

That's exactly why it's a living twin. It stays current as you work, so whether you're planning a handoff for 2030 or an unexpected event happens tomorrow, your successor inherits a complete, up-to-date playbook.

Does this replace my judgment?

Never. It captures your judgment so it can be carried forward by the person who takes your place. You stay the decision-maker; the Twin makes your decisions transferable.

GET STARTED

Your legacy is worth protecting.

No credit card. Built for advisors, not engineers.
WALLACE SUCCESSION

Intelligent succession planning that keeps your methodology, and your clients, when you step back.

Wallace Finance is an SEC-registered investment adviser. Wallace Succession is software for financial professionals; it provides no investment advice, takes no custody of assets, and exercises no discretion. Statistics are drawn from third-party industry research and provided for illustration. Figures and product depictions are illustrative and not a guarantee of any outcome. Copyright 2026 Wallace Finance. All rights reserved.