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Private Financial Counseling

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Client assets under management

$256,879,399

Clients

236

23% high-net worth

Advisors

2

of 10 employees

Firm type

Supported

1-3 advisors or $200M+ in AUM

Clients per advisor

118

Very High

Average account size

$1,088,472

About

Private Financial Counseling provides discretionary wealth management and portfolio management primarily to individuals and high‑net‑worth families, and also serves trusts, retirement-plan participants, corporations, and charitable organizations. Services include customized portfolio design and ongoing investment oversight across equities, fixed income, mutual funds/ETFs and selected alternative investments.

The firm’s investment process emphasizes research and technology, combining a proprietary quantitative rules‑based selection approach with fundamental and third‑party research, and it manages portfolios with reference to multi‑year economic cycles while generally taking medium‑ to long‑term positions. PFC uses a broad toolkit—including inflation‑indexed bonds, MLPs, REITs, private funds, and, when appropriate, margin or short‑term trades—and executes discretionary strategies tailored to individual client objectives.

A distinctive feature is that several senior professionals are licensed attorneys who provide legal services through an affiliated law corporation; those services are billed separately and the firm discloses and describes procedures to manage the resulting conflicts of interest. In addition, some advisors are dually registered with an unaffiliated RIA and may offer access to a pooled investment vehicle; PFC discloses those relationships and maintains trade‑allocation and supervisory policies intended to mitigate potential conflicts.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management

Expertise

Wealth management Private / alternative investments Real estate investing

Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $6,000,000: 1% $6,000,000 - $10,000,000: 0.60% $10,000,000+: 0.50%

Main office location

Private Financial Counseling

1901 Avenue Of The Stars, 11 Th Floor

Los Angeles CA 90067-6002, United States

Number of offices

1

Most active in

California · New Hampshire

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

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Advisors at this firm

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Joseph M

Series 63, Series 65

Los Angeles, CA

Private Financial Counseling

Joseph Malhas is a financial advisor at NinePointTwo Capital LLC with seven years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 designations and has worked at firms including Freeman Spogli & Co., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley. Malhas is based in Los Angeles, CA. NinePointTwo Capital LLC provides fee-based, discretionary portfolio management to individual and institutional clients, managing separate accounts and operating a private pooled investment fund. The firm employs a tactical allocation strategy combining fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative analysis across various asset classes and maintains registrations with both the SEC and CFTC.

Wealth management Private / alternative investments Real estate investing
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Timothy S

Series 65

Los Angeles, CA

Private Financial Counseling

Timothy Streufert is a Series 65-licensed financial advisor at NinePointTwo Capital LLC with seven years of industry experience. He previously worked at Ares Management and spent four years at the University of California, Los Angeles. Streufert is also involved with Private Financial Counseling, where he has served since 2025. NinePointTwo Capital LLC provides fee-based, discretionary portfolio management to individual and institutional clients, managing separately managed accounts alongside a pooled investment vehicle. The firm employs a tactical allocation approach using fundamental, technical, cyclical, and quantitative analysis to adjust exposures and manage risk across various asset classes.

Wealth management Private / alternative investments Real estate investing
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