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Our mission is to bring modern tools to the UIT marketplace.

Advis Network was created by two veterans with over 30 years experience in the UIT industry. We believe UITs have lagged behind other structures because they lack the modern tools and analytics that other vehicles have long since taken for granted.

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Founded company

Paul and Randy left Nasdaq and started building the system.

Product launch

The first version of Advis Network released, covering all major UIT issuers

Defined Outcome support

Advis adds best-in-class analytics and tools for Defined Outcome UITs

New UIT Experience

Advis releases the next iteration of their application and modern experience for financial advisors.

Our team

Advis Network is the second company founded by Randy and Paul Watts, having previously founded UIT Investing, Inc., the first dedicated unit investment trust analytics platform. UIT Investing was founded in 2017 and acquired by Nasdaq in 2019.

  • Randy Watts

    Randy Watts

    Co-Founder

    With a successful track record of over 20 years in the financial services industry, Randy has spent much of his career in the asset management market at both large and small sponsor firms. Randy has deep expertise in both the management level and operational details of the asset management business with an emphasis on product distribution. This one-of-a-kind experience is why his insights, algorithms and decisions are trusted by some of the largest financial institutions in the world.

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    Paul Watts

    Co-Founder

    Paul is an award-winning full-stack developer and tech leader with over 15 years of experience architecting, developing and delivering cloud-based web applications and DevOps infrastructures on AWS, often from concept to launch. Throughout his career he's led high-impact projects, hired and mentored engineering teams, worked cross-functionally to ship great products, and been a steadfast champion of unit testing, TDD, and code quality.

Special Thanks

No company is an island, and we couldn’t have done it without the help of a few folks: