A Word on Emergency Preparedness
At First Republic Investment Management, we believe strongly in being well prepared. We are committed to delivering extraordinary service and have measures in place to ensure that we can effectively service our clients in the event of the unexpected. The core of our preparedness is a Business Continuity Plan that meets SEC requirements. Should a significant business disruption such as a power failure, utility outage, natural disaster, or terrorist attack occur, our firm makes every effort to be ready to serve you.
We have adopted and implemented written policies and procedures to address significant business disruptions that we review on a regular basis and that are administered by our Chief Compliance Officer. All employees receive training on our plans and we test our plans annually to ensure that they are viable, effective, and address immediate client needs. These strategies include procedures for contacting clients, accessing "mission-critical systems", backing up and recovering electronic and paper records, and establishing alternate locations for conducting our business.
In the event of a significant business disruption, our firm will follow the procedures we have created to continue to run our business and serve our clients. Your portfolio manager or client service team will make every effort to contact you. Our communication will include direction on how to best reach us, how to address urgent requests, and indicate if one of our emergency teams in an alternate location will serve you. Emergency teams in New York, San Francisco, Portland, and Santa Barbara are available to back up their colleagues should they need to. We have prepared emergency teams, alternate worksites, data recovery plans, alternate access to key systems, and various methods of client communication.
Contingency plans can not eliminate all risk of service interruption, but we review, assess, and update ours on a regular basis to address all reasonable risk.
If you are interested in additional information or have detailed questions about the First Republic Investment Management Business Continuity Plan, please contact our Chief Compliance Officer, Charles Christofilis, at (415) 296-5727.
If you are unable to reach your regional office in the event of an emergency, please contact one of our other offices. Client service teams in all operating offices will be prepared to assist you.
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