PACE Financial Group, LLC

Pace Financial Group provides advisory and corporate finance services primarily to privately held business owners, corporations, ESOP sponsors and trustees, and other entities involved in ownership transition transactions. Its offerings include ESOP structuring and post-transaction consulting, business valuation and fairness opinions, merger and acquisition and recapitalization advisory, and investment advice related to IRC Section 1042 strategies.

The firm relies on fundamental security analysis and emphasizes long-term, dividend-focused investments and portfolio diversification when constructing portfolios intended to satisfy IRC Section 1042 holding objectives, while performing detailed front-end research on strategy providers. Clients execute transactions through custodian or broker-dealer relationships of their choosing, and the firm bills on an hourly or fixed-fee basis rather than on a percentage-of-AUM or performance-fee model; it also does not take custody or discretionary authority over client assets.

Noteworthy aspects of the practice include a concentrated specialization in ESOP transactions and IRC Section 1042 work, extensive experience in valuations and trustee/post-transaction governance support, and a recently expanded post-transaction consulting service to assist executives adapting to trust ownership. The firm discloses referral relationships with providers of 1042 strategies, which is a potential conflict of interest for prospective clients to consider alongside the firm’s advisory-only, non-custodial engagement model.