{"id":667339,"date":"2026-10-28T01:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T01:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667339\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T01:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T01:08:09","slug":"wallace-finance-preps-tool-for-ria-due-diligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/667339\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallace Finance Preps Tool for RIA Due Diligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wallace Finance, an artificial intelligence-powered investing platform, launched Wallace Understudy last month, a new platform designed to create a \u201cdigital twin\u201d of an advisory practice for training, continuity and succession. Now, the company is working on an enterprise version of the platform to serve as a due diligence comparison tool for RIA roll-up firms.<\/p>\n

Matt Baldwin, CEO of Wallace Finance, said when the company rolled out its custom indexing and portfolio management tool, many advisors identified a pain point in transferring advisor judgment and methodology with a book of business.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more we talked to these people, the more they were saying, \u2018All my practice really, it lives in my head. I have all these systems, but the trust, the real secret sauce, it\u2019s up here, and I don\u2019t know how to transfer that,\u2019\u201d Baldwin said. \u201cThey don\u2019t know how to train up somebody new, or they don\u2019t have a system for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wallace Understudy aims to provide that system. It starts by capturing all the relevant documents, policies and procedures of the advisory firm. Then it maps the rules and methodologies to the advisor\u2019s practice, identifying gaps and disagreements in judgment calls. That\u2019s the system\u2019s \u201cvalidation loop,\u201d which checks the data against the actual actions the advisor takes through their CRM, custodian, notetakers, email, etc.<\/p>\n

Advisors also undergo a deep dive into different areas of their practice through an interview process, and their answers create a methodology profile.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re never going to be able to exactly dynamically replace that rapport that an advisor has built with their clients and the trust they\u2019ve built,\u201d Baldwin said. \u201cBut at the same time, we can say, \u2018An advisor knows exactly when to reach out to clients, what is sensitive with clients, exactly how they talk to clients, even their voice over emails, how they discuss things with various specific clients and how they differ between clients.\u2019 And then we can give that to the next in line. We\u2019re getting everything aside from maybe eyebrow movements and the way they laugh and shake hands, we\u2019re taking all the stuff that they do actionably, I should say, and transferring that to the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Baldwin said there\u2019s also a use case among roll-ups and aggregators participating in the consolidation trend. Wallace Finance is currently working on an enterprise version of the software, coming early next year.<\/p>\n

Larger RIAs and aggregators would take their Understudy and compare it against the smaller firm\u2019s version, with their own compliance due diligence checklist involved.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen an acquisition is occurring, it\u2019s a great tool to actually run the due diligence while making sure everything aligns, especially for the SEC,\u201d Baldwin said. \u201cThe last thing you want is for you to have something on paper for a client, you treat them differently, all of a sudden something happens, and the authorities get involved. That\u2019s where we come in. We want to make sure that never happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wallace Understudy is available under three tiered plans. The Playbook plan, which costs $199 per month, is a self-serve version that includes five seats. The Digital Twin plan, which adds validation and client data capture, comes with 10 seats at $599 per month. The Enterprise plan, which will integrate into multi-advisor firms\u2019 tech stacks, will cost $999 a month.<\/p>\n

Tim Welsh, president, CEO and founder of Nexus Strategy, said it seemed like Understudy was targeting a niche and that an advisor wouldn\u2019t necessarily need an ongoing subscription.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe use case seems very narrow, particularly if it is for an M&A transaction that happens every once and you wouldn\u2019t necessarily need an ongoing subscription,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Welsh said there could be a use case in deal preparation, as advisors need to get organized so their firms can be easily transferred. The tool could also help them get a higher valuation.<\/p>\n

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Baldwin said the tool can be used for a couple of months during a transition, but it can also act as a validated source of truth for onboarding, training and continuity for expanding firms.<\/p>\n

\u201cA new advisor\/employee can ask the firm\u2019s Understudy about anything, regardless of the lead advisor\u2019s availability,\u201d he said. \u201cSo the lead advisor\u2019s judgment is always available, especially during expansion and hand-offs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also solving a two-sided problem for larger RIAs that are acquiring smaller firms,\u201d he said. \u201cThe acquiring RIA will have an Understudy available, so all acquired firms know exactly how they operate. This also validates operations against their actual client tempos, judgment calls, methodology, etc., and automates due diligence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doug Fritz, co-founder and executive chairman of F2 Strategy, said it was a novel idea. But such knowledge-transfer tools don\u2019t necessarily challenge advisors to do better.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s only going to make you a consistent version of yourself as opposed to challenge you to be better,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just saying, \u2018Did you do what you thought you were supposed to do?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wallace Finance, an artificial intelligence-powered investing platform, launched Wallace Understudy last month, a new platform designed to create…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[72,176,61,60,174,175],"class_list":["post-667339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}