Whois & Analysis for firstrepublic.com

First Republic Bank is a bank and wealth management company offering personal banking, business banking, trust and wealth management services.

The bank specializes in delivering personalized relationship-based service through preferred banking or trust offices on the US East and West Coasts, including San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Newport Beach, San Diego, Portland, Palm Beach, Boston, Greenwich and New York City.

First Republic offers wealth management services through First Republic Wealth Advisors and First Republic Investment Management.

Brokerage services are provided through First Republic Securities Company LLC and Trust services are provided through First Republic Trust Company.

Private banking is banking, investment and other financial services provided by banks to high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) with high levels of income or sizable assets.

The term "private" refers to customer service rendered on a more personal basis than in mass-market retail banking, usually via dedicated bank advisers.

It does not refer to a private bank, which is a non-incorporated banking institution.

Wealth management as an investment-advisory discipline which incorporates financial planning, investment portfolio management and a number of aggregated financial services.

High-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), small-business owners and families who desire the assistance of a credentialed financial advisory specialist call upon wealth managers to coordinate retail banking, estate planning, legal resources, tax professionals and investment management.

Wealth managers can have backgrounds as independent Chartered Financial Consultants, Certified Financial Planners or Chartered Financial Analysts (in the United States), Chartered Strategic Wealth Professionals (in Canada), Chartered Financial Planners (in the UK), or any credentialed (such as MBA) professional money managers who work to enhance the income, growth and tax-favored treatment of long-term investors.

A commercial bank is a type of financial institution that provides services such as accepting deposits, making business loans, and offering basic investment products.

Commercial bank can also refer to a bank, or a division of a large bank, which more specifically deals with deposit and loan services provided to corporations or large/middle-sized business - as opposed to individual members of the public/small business - retail banking, or merchant banks.

An investment trust is a form of collective investment found mostly in the United Kingdom.

Investment trusts are closed-end funds and are constituted as public limited companies.

In many respects, the investment trust was the progenitor of the investment company in the U.S.