ASCENT Summit

Secure Your Firm’s Future With a Proven Succession Plan

            The AssetMark Summit Workshop is the starting point for a specialized succession planning program for financial advisors. This program is designed to help firm founders and next-generation leaders create a clear, actionable transition plan. Whether you’re preparing for retirement, transferring firm ownership, or strengthening continuity for clients and staff, Summit delivers the tools, structure, and expert guidance needed for a smooth and successful handoff.

            This intensive two-day workshop helps advisory firms align current owners with future successors. After the workshop, participants receive five follow-up consultations for accountability and join an advisor study group to implement positive changes over six months—driving long-term organizational continuity and growth.

What You’ll Takeaway at the Summit Succession Workshop and Program

✔ A documented succession and continuity plan
Create a clear transition roadmap covering timelines, responsibilities, governance, and client messaging.

✔ Leadership and ownership alignment
Define decision-making authority, leadership roles, and the future direction of the firm.

✔ Valuation, deal structure & financing strategies
Explore market-based valuation methods, internal succession financing options, and multi-year buyout structures.

✔ Proven strategies to retain clients & staff during transitions
Learn best practices for communication, service consistency, and cultural continuity.

Who Should Sign Up?

The Summit Succession Program is ideal for:

• Both founders and successors attend together for optimal alignment
• Financial advisors planning a buy/sell for succession within 1 year
• Firms with an identified internal successor
• Founders preparing for retirement or partial sale
• Successors who want to understand ownership, firm management, and transition strategy

Why Summit Is Essential for Financial Advisor Succession Planning

Summit addresses the most urgent challenges advisors face when preparing for ownership transition:

• How do we structure a fair buyout?
• What valuation method should we use?
• How do we prepare clients and employees for the change?
• How do we protect the brand, culture, and service model?
• How do we avoid common pitfalls that derail internal succession?

You’ll leave with clarity, confidence, and a fully defined path forward.

Pricing

Cost to the advisory firm: $3,000*
Advisor Benefits Program Tier Pricing (discount applied):

• Premier Elite: $2,000
• Gold: $1,500
• Platinum / Platinum Elite: $1,000

*Travel and accommodations not included.

Why Advisors Choose AssetMark’s Ascent Summit

• Built specifically for RIA and independent advisor succession planning
• Customized exercises for both founders and successors
• Frameworks used in hundreds of successful internal transitions
• Hands-on support from experienced practice management consultants
• Strong outcomes in continuity planning, ownership readiness & client retention