For RIAs & Independent Wealth Managers

Carry less.
Be worth more.

The strongest practices aren't the busiest — they're the simplest. Simplicity Group takes the back office, the technology stack, and the operational weight off your plate, so your margins expand, your enterprise value compounds, and you build alongside advisors who raise your game.

No book commitment to start the conversation. Just a clearer picture of your enterprise value.
One integrated technology platform Institutional back office, ops & compliance A network of like-minded advisors
The Reframe

Complexity is a tax. You've been paying it for years.

Every hour spent running your own operations, stitching together a tech stack, and absorbing compliance is an hour not spent with clients — and a quiet discount on what your practice is worth. A partnership shouldn't add to the pile. It should take it off your desk.

Going it alone
  • You're the operations department, the help desk, and the compliance check
  • Overhead, vendors, and admin quietly erode your margin
  • Growth capped by your own bandwidth
  • A solo, owner-dependent book — valued at a discount
On the Simplicity platform
  • Shared services and an institutional tech stack carry the back office
  • Lower overhead and reclaimed capacity expand your EBITDA
  • Growth that compounds with the network, not your calendar
  • A systematized, succession-ready practice — valued at a premium
Why It Compounds

Three forces working in your favor

A Simplicity partnership doesn't just add support. It changes the math of your practice on three fronts at once.

01

Enterprise Value

Same book — more margin, a higher multiple. Offloading overhead lifts your EBITDA, and institutional infrastructure makes your practice the kind of transferable, de-risked asset that trades at a premium instead of a discount.

02

The Network Effect

One technology platform, a shared back office, and operations at institutional scale. Every system you plug into lowers your cost to serve and raises your capacity to grow — without adding headcount.

03

The Law of Association

You rise to the standard of the people around you. Inside Simplicity you build beside forward-thinking advisors, sharpening habits, raising standards, and growing personally and professionally by proximity.

Practice Value Amplifier

See what your practice could be worth.

This isn't about selling more — it's about keeping more and being worth more. Adjust the inputs to your book to see how expanded margins and a premium multiple change your enterprise value. Directional, not a quote — but the gap is the point.

Slide to your approximate AUM.
Your blended advisory fee in basis points.
Ops, admin, compliance, tech — the work a platform can absorb.
Annual revenue $2.25M
Operating margintoday → on platform ~32% → ~42%
Current enterprise value≈5.5× EBITDA, owner-dependent $3.96M
Estimated value on platform
$7.56M
+$3.60M of enterprise value · 1.9× uplift
≈8× EBITDA on an expanded margin base — systematized, succession-ready
Get your full breakdown — book a review
How this is calculated

Illustrative model. Revenue = AUM × advisory fee. Operating margin is inferred from your non-client workload (≈25–38% today) and modeled to expand by roughly 10 points as a platform absorbs operations, technology, and compliance. Enterprise value = EBITDA × multiple, using ≈5.5× for an owner-dependent practice and ≈8× for a systematized, succession-ready, platform-affiliated practice. Figures are directional illustrations for discussion only — not a projection, valuation, offer, or guarantee. Actual results vary by practice, cost structure, market, and deal terms.

What Comes Off Your Desk

The full weight of an institution — without the overhead

These aren't line items on a brochure. They're the things you stop doing alone the day you partner.

T

Unified technology stack

One integrated platform instead of a dozen subscriptions you stitch together — and pay for — alone.

O

Back-office operations

Account servicing, reporting, and the day-to-day load handled by a dedicated team, not by you at 9pm.

C

Compliance & legal

Institutional-grade oversight so the rulebook supports your growth instead of becoming the bottleneck.

S

Succession & continuity

A built-in path for the day you step back — and the premium multiple that comes with being transferable.

G

Growth & practice management

Forward-thinking training, benchmarking, and a peer network that raises your standards and your numbers.

P

Protection planning Optional

A full insurance & annuity desk if a client ever needs it — there when you want it, invisible when you don't.

The point was never to do more. It was to build something worth more — and enjoy the work while you do it.

The case for simplicity
Start the conversation

A 20-minute look at your practice

No pitch deck, no pressure. Bring your numbers and we'll show you where the value is hiding — in your margin, your multiple, and the time you've been spending on everything but clients.

Confidential. For practice owners exploring their options — not a solicitation of any specific client account.