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TrailGuide for advisors

Say yes to the accounts you can't staff.

TrailGuide is our micro-market wealth solution for $25K–$300K households. You keep your minimum and your capacity — we take the operations, and the client comes back to you when they grow into your practice.

01 | The micro-market problem

You already have wealth capability. You don't want the ops.

The $25K–$300K household is real work — onboarding, disclosures, rollover paperwork, account opening, funding follow-up, ongoing service — priced for a fraction of what your typical client pays. Serve enough of them personally and your best relationships get less of you.

TrailGuide takes that segment as a service, not a referral you lose. A real Navigate advisor guides the client on a tech-forward platform, and your firm stays visible on the relationship as the place they graduate to.

Nobody gets turned away

The participant, the adult child, the departing employee with a $60K rollover — all get a real advisor instead of a polite no or a call center.

Your capacity is protected

No new onboarding load, no service calls, no small-account drag on your team's calendar or your average revenue per client.

It's a pipeline, not a giveaway

Balances grow, inheritances land, businesses sell. When a TrailGuide client crosses your threshold, they come back to you — tracked from day one.

02 | What the client actually gets

Foundational wealth management, not a robo.

Investment management, financial planning, and personalized guidance for the mass affluent — delivered by a person, supported by a modern stack so the economics work at this balance level.

A real advisor Every client is guided by a Navigate advisor — discovery, planning conversations, and ongoing check-ins.
Investment management Model portfolios matched to goals and risk, rebalanced and monitored on our platform.
Financial planning Goal funding, retirement projections, and the everyday questions — debt, savings rate, insurance basics.
Rollover handling The paperwork and follow-through that keeps a departing participant’s balance from sitting in cash for a year.
Digital-first servicing Altruist account access, e-signature, and remote meetings — no branch visit required.
Plan continuity For participants leaving a plan we advise, the guidance simply continues under a new account.
Co-branded to your firm

We can customize the branding TrailGuide clients see in Altruist, and grant your firm view access to the balances of clients referred through your relationships — so the connection to you stays visible on both sides.

03 | Onboarding

Discovery to funded account, on a tracked workflow.

Every TrailGuide client moves through the same four stages before ongoing servicing begins. You send the introduction; we handle each step and report back.

1
Discovery & fact finderA discovery call and fact finder confirm suitability, the $25K–$300K range, and the account types involved.
2
Compliance & agreementsForm CRS and ADV disclosures sent; client, suitability, and rollover agreements e-signed.
3
Account openingWelcome email and platform setup; rollover, IRA, brokerage, or cash accounts opened and the model applied.
4
Funding & active clientFunding or rollover confirmed and invested, then the relationship moves to ongoing servicing.
04 | Fees & economics

Transparent schedule, negotiated split.

TrailGuide is marketed to accounts of $300K and under, so most relationships sit in the first tier. The schedule below is the client-facing fee; how it's shared between our firms is agreed per partnership.

Assets under management Annual fee
$0 – $1M 1.00%
$1M – $2.5M 0.875%
$2.5M – $5M 0.75%
$5M – $10M 0.50%
$10M+ 0.40%

TrailGuide is only marketed to accounts $300K and under; higher tiers apply where a relationship grows before a step-up. See Form ADV for complete fee detail.

How the split works The servicing firm carries the larger share

Because Navigate advises and services the TrailGuide household, the majority of the advisory fee sits with us and a referral share flows to your firm. On qualified wealth we route to you, the economics reverse.

Exact percentages are set per partnership and vary with volume, who sources the client, and your affiliation model.

What it costs you

Nothing to stand up. No technology to license, no service staff to hire, no minimum volume. The relationships you send are the only commitment.

05 | Graduation

What happens when they outgrow the model.

TrailGuide is a stage, not a destination. When a household crosses the line your firm defined, we raise it — and the client moves to you, or to a step-up relationship inside the Navigate network if that's the better fit.

Back to you Crosses your threshold

The household reaches the balance or complexity your firm defined. We raise it, and the client is introduced back to your practice.

Step-up Fits a network advisor better

Where geography, specialty, or client preference points elsewhere, the relationship steps up inside the Navigate network instead.

Stays guided Happy where they are

Some clients want exactly what TrailGuide is. They stay, and remain a tracked part of the pipeline.

Send us the ones you'd otherwise decline.

Walk us through the accounts sitting below your minimum today. We'll show you what the TrailGuide client experience looks like and how the relationship stays tied to your firm.