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Since 1990 First Foundation has been assisting its clients to meet their financial needs. Today, the integration of First Foundation Advisors and First Foundation Bank provides services designed to meet not only the financial needs of our clients, but to strengthen the entire family. We offer our clients with a full complement of financial solutions, including:
• Assessing their current and long range financial goals and optimize their financial life,
• Clarifying and attaining their hopes, dreams and concerns for their children and future generations,
• Introducing ideas, strategies, and structures to facilitate attaining their objectives, and
• Protecting and empowering their family today, tomorrow and through the generations.
First Foundation offers a single source to handle investments, insurance, taxes, estate planning, charitable donations and other financial needs. First Foundation's goal is to manage the human capital, intellectual capital, financial capital and social capital needs of our clients. First Foundation Advisors is a combination of the firm's wealth consulting services that includes estate planning,financial planning, philanthropic guidance, investment management and consulting for individuals and families. First Foundation Bank is a federally chartered bank offering trust management, depository accounts, commercial lending, insurance and other services. The bank's client base is mid-to-high net worth individuals, as well as family and non-family businesses and owners, with most loans offered for business lines of credit, multi-family property loans, jumbo residential, commercial investment and commercial owner-user real estate.
Our typical clients are high net worth individuals, families, and businesses with liquid assets of 1-100 million and net worth’s of 5 million - 1 billion.
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What core services do you provide for your average client profile?:
Our core services are: money management, financial planning, private banking (deposits and lending), insurance services, family and philanthropic consulting.
What are your firm's mission,vision and values?:
First Foundation's mission is to enhance the wealth and well-being of our clients through integrated services including:
• Investment Management
• Wealth Planning
• Consulting
• Trust Services
• Banking
First Foundation colleague's goals are to act with integrity:
We listen to our clients to understand their needs. We treat our clients with understanding and compassion. We dialogue with our clients while achieving their goals. We seek and support new ideas to better serve our clients. We focus on being timely and proactive in responding to our clients.
How are your client teams structured to deliver services to their clients?:
Each relationship manager (managing director or private banker) has a dedicated team to ensure you receive excellent service and guidance. Through your relationship manager and team, you have access to our breadth of specialists and resources.
How would you describe your ideal client?:
Our ideal client has $5-250 million liquid assets and is seeking qualitative and quantitative advice on the management of their wealth. Typically we are dealing with individuals and multi-generational families.
What are the top three characteristics that distinguish your firm the most from your competitors?:
In addition to providing outstanding financial services, we have internationally renown resources available to assist clients with family dynamics issues, family governance, philanthropic advisory services and family business transitions. We also offer specialized programs, such as Focus on Women, Financial Boot Camp, Trustee and Beneficiary Training, Individual Coaching and an Art Services Program.
What communication methods have you used with your clients?:
We meet with our clients as often as they request, but at a minimum once a quarter and are in constant contact by phone and email. Consulting clients are serviced on a project basis with on going follow up.
What formal and informal client education programs does your company provide?:
The company puts on 20-30 educational events a year in various regional markets. Customized programs can be provided to multi-generational families and family offices. We publish white papers periodically and produce a quarterly economic update and outlook.
What are the credentials and qualifications of your firm management and staff?:
Our professional team includes 6 Chartered Financial Analysts, 10 Certified Financial Planners®, 1 Certified Public Accountant, 1 Certified Trust and Financial Advisor, 1 Chartered Financial Consultant, 1 Chartered Life Underwriter, 1 Clinical Ph.D., and 3 J.D.s. Our Investment Specialist and Wealth Planning teams are solely dedicated to their areas of expertise.
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Headquarters
Headquarters:
18101 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 700
Irvine California 92612
United States
Other Office Locations
Other Office Locations:
Pasadena, CA San Diego, CA Palm Desert, CA
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