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From UBS to Oppenheimer to Independence: A Next Gen Shares his Playbook for 2x+ Growth

Posted by Mindy Diamond

A conversation with Dan Katz, Managing Partner, Revolve Wealth Partners

Overview

Dan Katz, managing partner of Revolve Wealth Partners, talks about his role as the next gen of a business started by his father, the thought process around opting to build an RIA firm from scratch, their 2x growth since going independent, and how their past experiences at UBS and Oppenheimer shapes the vision of their firm today.

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About this episode…

We’ve spoken to several multi-generational wealth management teams on this series, and while each one has a unique story to share, we see a few common threads.

First, there’s the desire to evolve what the prior generation created—to take what exists and make it better and stronger.

And second is the notion of looking bigger picture and longer-term. That is, questioning the status quo to determine if it aligns with their vision for the future.

For example, Dan Katz was the next gen of a team at UBS that included his father, Kenneth Katz, and friend Michael Israel. In 2009, they decided to transition to Oppenheimer, where they built the business to $300mm in assets under management.

Over time, as their business evolved, so did their thinking.

In conversations with their brokerage firm peers, they started to recognize an incongruency between how Ken, Dan, and Michael managed their practice vs. the other teams.

Essentially, he felt they were “playing a different game.”

So they set out on a quest to explore their options. And in 2017, that exploration led them to build RIA Revolve Wealth Partners. Today, the Hackensack, NJ firm manages over $700mm in assets.

In this episode, Dan shares his story with Louis Diamond, including:

Dan Katz

  • The transitions from UBS to Oppenheimer to independence—and the impetus behind each move.
  • The value of a multi-generational team—and how his father’s experience helped them advance toward the next phase of their business.
  • The idea of building a firm from scratch—and why they chose that path over other independent paths.
  • The difference they’ve realized as independent business owners—and how they can answer their clients’ needs and grow in ways they could not at Oppenheimer.
  • The community of like-minded independent advisors they found—and how it filled the gap of peer collaboration missing from the wirehouse world they left behind.

And how, in evolving Ken’s legacy, they were able to double their assets under management since their launch, and much more.

It’s an interesting story that’s highly relatable for employee advisors, prospective breakaways, and business owners alike.

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Dan Katz CFP®
Managing Partner

Dan, a graduate of the University of Maryland, maintains a focus on risk management for our team (Revolve Wealth Partners). He concentrates on building portfolios designed to seek value in all types of investment markets with an emphasis on allocating assets to create diversified portfolios. In addition to portfolio construction, Dan seeks to uncover opportunities for qualified investors with privately managed accounts, hedge funds and fund of hedge funds, private equity and real estate investments.

 

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