Your business. Your wealth. Your life. Private Wealth Management

Are you a company founder selling your business, an entrepreneur looking at a life-changing liquidity event or a corporate executive planning retirement? Do you have the professional guidance you need to help address the complexities of your busy world?

Here is how our experience can benefit you:

  • We focus on helping affluent families navigate life events, drawing on the extensive resources of our team and those of UBS, one of the largest wealth managers in the world.
  • We help prepare private business owners and entrepreneurs for transition events—utilizing internal and external resources to develop a comprehensive pre-exit and post-exit plan designed to maximize the value of your business while pursuing your goals.
  • We work to construct an investment strategy and a tailored financial plan to meet the unique needs of families navigating transitions.

Working on your behalf as a committed team, our goal is to assist you in simplifying the complexities surrounding your wealth so you can enjoy life to its fullest.

Exit Planning and Wealth Consulting Group


phone

337-593-3600



phone

855-308-2141





address

Energy Centre
1100 Poydras Street
Suite 900
New Orleans, LA 70163



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Our office locations

New Orleans

UBS Financial Services Inc.
1100 Poydras Street
Suite 900
New Orleans, LA 70163
337-593-3600
886-849-4710

Lafayette

UBS Financial Services Inc.
201 Settlers Trace Blvd
Suite 3004
Lafayette, LA 70508
337-593-3600


Business transition guidance

If you’re thinking about selling your business, our knowledgeable team can help you with every aspect of exit planning.

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Wealth management tailored to you

Our insightful wealth planning approach goes well beyond investing to create a dynamic strategy that fits the arc of your life. The services we offer include:

Comprehensive wealth management

Understanding the personal purpose of your wealth

Our integrated wealth management approach seeks to understand your specific needs and make sure that your financial decisions reflect both your short-term desires and long-term goals. Through UBS, we have the resources to help you and your family address the specific and uncommon opportunities that come with personal and business success.

Credit and lending services are provided by banking affiliates of UBS Financial Services Inc. and are subject to credit approval.

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Helping families navigate transitions and challenges

We want to be your first call when something significant occurs. If you’re facing business challenges, we can leverage UBS’s broad network of professionals to offer potential solutions or help you restructure debt.

With complex family dynamics, we can help facilitate family meetings and coordinate the involvement of your other trusted advisors. If you’re experiencing a divorce, our team can help provide you with the skills and planning tools to make the choices that are right for your future. And if you face the loss of a loved one, we can assist in guiding you on estate and legacy issues.

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“Our entire team believes passionately in helping people address unexpected challenges and find their way through life transitions.”

— Rick Frayard


Service that helps simplify your financial life

Our client service team helps stay on top of your needs, from setting up online services to providing customized statements and coordinating with your tax professionals. They’re known for their personal attention to detail and rapid follow-through.

We’ll discuss your personalized financial plan through regular calls and meetings that fit your schedule. Available whenever you need us, we’ll work closely with your accountants, attorneys and other advisors to coordinate all perspectives into one integrated approach.

Our goal at all times is clarity and simplicity. Clients often come to us because their financial lives have become too complex for their current advisor. We provide direct, straightforward and timely information that helps get to the heart of any issue you may be facing.

The strengths of UBS

Our access to the global reach of UBS—one of the largest wealth managers in the world—gives us the perspective, diverse strategies and relevant guidance to help you move forward with confidence. UBS has been successfully managing client wealth for more than 150 years, with deep resources in investment, banking and asset management businesses.

UBS’s solid long-term credit ratings and economic stability ranks within the highest levels among large global banks, meaning you have a leader behind you. Throughout the world, private, corporate and institutional clients turn to UBS for its wealth management expertise, creating a long legacy of trust you can count on.

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Rick Frayard has been recognized as an industry leader

  • Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors, 2018, 2019
  • Barron's Top 1,200 Financial Advisors, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Financial Times Top 400 Financial Advisers, 2017, 2018, 2019



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