FORVIS Private Client

We are wealth, investment, and tax strategists and tacticians. We are skilled at what we do and fervent about how we do it. We closely collaborate with internal teams and external advisors. Our tailored strategies and implementations are designed to help you better manage complexity and achieve your goals and aspirations.
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Company Overview

Our suite of services is designed to address a wide range of needs and simplify your life—from tax and estate planning services, investment management and philanthropic strategy to recommending and coordinating family counselors and risk management consultants. And, as always, FORVIS' commitment to unmatched client service helps your family enjoy the benefits of your success.

Our Services

FORVIS Private Client’s suite of services is designed to address a wide range of needs and simplify your life – from tax and estate planning services, investments management and philanthropic strategy to recommending and coordinating family counselors and risk managements consultants.

  • Family Governance Administration

    • What are your family’s goals and dreams? We have access to professionals who can help you develop a family mission statement and education program that will engage and serve your family for generations.

  • Wealth Transition

    • Make the transition of your wealth less complicated. Our trusted advisors will work with you and your legal counsel to create a plan that helps mitigate the impact of various federal and state estate taxes, so you can preserve more of your financial legacy.

  • Accounting & Tax Services

    • Understanding tax implications and consequences is an important part of any financial strategy. Based on your specific set of circumstances, we can provide customized analysis, individual and entity-specific tax compliance services, tax planning strategies and tax projections.

  • Accounting Outsourcing & Advisory Services

    • As demands continue to increase for family offices there is less time to focus on the future. This can take away critical time from focusing on strategy and vital concerns of your family office. The FORVIS Accounting Outsourcing & Advisory Team can assess your accounting systems, including updates and implementations, and financial management reporting, dashboards and strategic services.

  • Asset Management

    • Keeping your goals in the forefront, we’ll work to help develop an investment policy statement to serve as the basis for developing and managing your investment portfolio.

  • Risk Management

    • FORVIS Private Client will work with you and external consultants to review your current property and casualty, liability and life insurance coverage and help assess whether it provides appropriate coverage.

  • Cybersecurity

    • In today’s increasingly connected world, your family faces a number of threats and risks. A cyberattack could occur anytime and expose vital information, result in a theft or introduce malware into your family’s organization. The FORVIS Cyber team can help you develop a plan to protect against unforeseen attacks. Whether you want to prepare for the worst, respond to a breach or remedy weaknesses in your systems, FORVIS is ready to assist.

  • Philanthropy

    • Charitable giving and philanthropic legacies are important to your overall mission. We can advise you on sophisticated charitable planning techniques that complement your mission while also offering tax benefits.

  • Technology

    • As technology advances, and consumer needs continue to change, it’s important that a family office has a digital strategy in place that can grow to meet its needs. Is your current digital strategy meeting your family’s needs? We will work with you to identify your biggest points of pain and time consuming activities and find solutions on how to alleviate these problems. We can advise you on ideas like migrating to the cloud, changing to Office 365, implementing a new software solution or building reports and dashboards that makes data more easily available and accessible.

What's Special About Us?

FORVIS Private Client uses a disciplined approach that builds accountability and allows you to capitalize on our unbiased advice. In our preliminary and subsequent meetings, we focus on gaining a deep understanding of your family’s objectives. The benefit of our approach is integration and communication that simplifies many of the challenging aspects of your family’s life.

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What core services do you provide for your average client profile?: 
  • Family Governance Administration
  • Wealth Transition
  • Asset Management
  • Risk Management
  • Philanthropy
  • Technology
  • Accounting & Tax
What is your firm's investment philosophy?: 

Our investment philosophy centers on managing both risk and return, through a process that places our client’s interests first. Industry research suggests that asset allocation is far more important to investment outcome than security selection, market timing or other factors combined. Therefore, striving to optimize portfolio allocation is our key focus.

 

We use an “outcome-based” approach to asset allocation. This process involves determining the combination of assets expected to generate the risk exposure, cash flow and average annual rate of return that is most consistent with each client’s stated goals. However, unlike traditional diversification approaches that emphasize U.S. stocks and investment-grade bonds, we utilize an expanded opportunity set of as many as 15 global asset classes in portfolio construction.

 

The following ideas and beliefs guide our approach to portfolio design and management:

 

1. Global diversification reduces portfolio risk, and improves return potential

2. Both active and passive management have a place in portfolio construction

3. Investor emotions and behavior often impact investment results

4. Initial valuation matters, and is a critical factor in determining the future return potential of an asset class

5. Substance is more important than form when selecting investments

6. Minimizing tax consequences in the investment process is important

What are your firm's mission,vision and values?: 

The mission of FORVIS is to always strive for excellence in providing services to clients, create rewarding career opportunities and maintain sound professional, business and financial standards.

 

Our commitment to unmatched client service is rooted in our PRIDE values of passion, respect, integrity, discipline and excellence.

How are your client teams structured to deliver services to their clients?: 

This is dependent upon the services provided to the family. A full functioning comprehensive team would be a CPA partner, a CPA director, a CFA portfolio manager, a CFP or JD advisor, an associate advisor and 1 administrative staff.

What are the top three characteristics that distinguish your firm the most from your competitors?: 

Clients do business with FORVIS Private Client because:

  1. FORVIS has a 95+ year history of assisting families in building and supporting highly successful businesses

  2. We provide integrated services, provided by a team of CPAs and other credentialed professionals working together for one common goal – simplifying the complex for families

  3. The firm’s high level of service backed by Midwestern values, candor and common sense that help ensure our clients’ best interests come first

What communication methods have you used with your clients?: 

Person to person, video, telephone and email

What formal and informal client education programs does your company provide?: 
  • Webinars
  • White papers
  • Newsletters
  • Conferences
What are the credentials and qualifications of your firm management and staff?: 

CFA, CPA, CFP, CIMA, MBA, AIF, AAMS, CDFA, CFEI, CFPA, CFTA, CMFC, CRPC, CPWA, MPAS, JD

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Background

Year Firm Established: 
1923
Year Wealth Advisory Services Established: 
1998
Type of Firm: 
Registered Investment Advisor (RIA)

Ownership

Management: 
100%

Stats

As of date: 
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Currency: 
US Dollar
Primary Generations Served: 
G1
G2
G3
Total Employees: 
65
Number of Relationship Managers: 
20
Number of Investment Professionals: 
8
Average Clients Per Client Team : 
80
3-Year Employee Attrition Rate: 
10%
Frequency of Financial Reporting: 
Quarterly
Do you provide consolidated financial reporting?: 
Yes

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Contact

Holly Pantzer
National Industry Partner | FORVIS Private Client
317.383.4045

Headquarters

Headquarters: 
Virtual
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United States

Other Office Locations

Other Office Locations: 
Virtual Headquarters with offices across the country.

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