
With over 26 years of growing from a solo and silo model into a successful ensemble practice and OSJ branch network, Pete Bush and the talented team of professionals at Horizon have the experience and industry connections you need to help you envision and create your ideal firm. While your growth goals, plans and dreams will always be uniquely your own, joining a growing nationwide community of like-minded advisors can serve to increase your effectiveness and efficiency in making those dreams come true.

As a fiduciary in our practices, we all owe the utmost professionalism and care to our clients. The same holds true when it comes to our family and team. We owe a sense of duty and responsibility to the people we love to have a plan in place for the unexpected. Since none of us knows when the last grain of sand is going to run through the hourglass of life, one of the first orders of business with our affiliated advisors is to plan for continuity of their business in the event they are not there to provide leadership and guidance for their practice.

You’ve built a great business and the time has come to start thinking about ‘What’s next?’. Whether that’s bringing a family member or associate advisor into the business to transition over time, or developing a plan to sell to or merge your business with another advisor, we help provide the pertinent resources you’ll need. These range from practice valuation services, to sample non-disclosure and buy-sell agreements, to coaching conversations with our own Chad Soileau, with over 15 years experience in the financial services industry serving in various roles as Financial Advisor, Regional Sales Manager, and Registered Principal. Our goal is to help you reach the finish line of your successful career with confidence.
Every advisor eventually faces important decisions about how to grow, protect, or transition the business they have built. These FAQs answer common questions we hear from financial advisors about how Horizon Advisor Network helps independent advisors plan for growth, continuity, succession, valuation, and long-term practice strength.
Horizon Advisor Network helps independent advisors grow by providing access to experienced leadership, practice development resources, peer collaboration, and a nationwide community of like-minded advisors. The goal is to help advisors clarify what they want to build and take practical steps toward a stronger, more efficient, and more intentional practice.
Yes. Horizon Advisor Network helps advisors think through succession strategies such as bringing in a family member, developing an associate advisor, selling to another advisor, or merging with another practice. Succession planning can help protect client relationships, preserve practice value, and give advisors more confidence about the future of the business they have built.
Yes. Horizon Advisor Network helps advisors plan for continuity so their clients, families, and teams have a path forward if the advisor is unexpectedly unable to lead the practice. A continuity plan can help protect client service, reduce disruption, and provide greater peace of mind for the people who depend on the business.
Understanding the value of your advisory practice often starts with reviewing revenue, client relationships, growth potential, team structure, profitability, and transition readiness. Horizon Advisor Network can help advisors access valuation-related resources and think through how practice value connects to growth, succession, and long-term planning.
Yes. Horizon Advisor Network can help advisors think through opportunities to buy, sell, or merge a practice by providing guidance, resources, and perspective from experienced professionals. These decisions can affect clients, staff, operations, valuation, and long-term goals, so having a thoughtful process matters.
Financial advisors should start planning for the future of their firm well before they are ready to retire, sell, merge, or slow down. Early planning gives you more time to improve value, prepare successors, strengthen operations, protect client relationships, and make decisions from a position of clarity rather than urgency.
Horizon Advisor Network helps protect advisory practices through continuity planning, succession resources, operational perspective, peer collaboration, and access to experienced guidance. This support is designed to help advisors safeguard the value of their business, the trust of their clients, and the legacy they want to leave behind.