$5+ trillion
In invested assets globally
As of 11/07/2023
Private Wealth Management
We believe that good financial planning advice is invaluable—it helps prepare you for whatever life brings. But it is especially important during times of major life change. Our process focuses on you and the priorities, goals, concerns and beliefs that will ultimately impact your financial well-being for years to come. We're here to help you tackle your concerns and embrace the opportunities that can enrich and empower you today and for years to come.
Our personal relationships shaped our understanding of ones needs and aspirations. To help manage wealth, we call upon specialized advisory and unique investment capabilities of UBS. We will focus on being transparent, offer a full disclosure relationship.
Thomas Nieto is a Co-Founder of Spyglass Hill Advisors, where he is a Managing Director and a Private Wealth Financial Advisor in Newport Beach, California. Tom works closely with clients to identify their needs, provide advice and guidance, and coordinate unified action with a team of locally based specialists.
Prior to joining UBS, Thomas worked as a Private Client Advisory for 25 years in Bank of America’s Private Bank (formerly U.S. Trust), where he helped add value to high-net-worth families. He also worked within Security Pacific National Bank where he participated in the creation of their Private Banking Group. Also, during his tenure there he worked in the Commercial Banking Group where he traveled globally to lead the acquisitions of foreign banks and oversaw evaluating and risk rating the firms largest corporate/real estate and capital market exposure. He earned his B.A. from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Thomas is a former board member of the Blue Ribbon Committee at California State College at Fullerton, as well as the Orange County Performing Arts Business Partnership. He is also a former Executive Board Member with United Way.
Thomas and his wife Marsha live in Newport Beach. During the weekend, he enjoys playing golf, as well as taking scenic walks along the coast. He also loves spending time with his two adult sons and three grandsons.
I began my career in one of the equity market’s more tumultuous periods —and over the past 30 years, I have helped clients manage their wealth throughout good times and bad. I joined UBS in 2007 after 17 years at American Express Financial Advisors. UBS has provided me and my clients the resources of the world’s largest wealth management firm without the demands of using proprietary products and services. Objectivity for fee-based advisors is extremely important, and UBS has proved to be the right choice for me and my clients.
I bring clients considerable financial insight and a commitment to formulating investment strategies from a “macro” perspective through a very tailored financial planning process designed to meet the clients’ specific needs and goals. Building from UBS’s open architecture investment platform, I provide investment, financial, retirement and estate planning strategies to a range of clients, typically executives, business owners and other professionals. In addition, I have been instrumental in helping other individuals and families who have had unusually unique situations that needed a high level of attention to detail and services.
My expertise comes not only in analyzing an investor’s goals, requirements and preferences and fashioning a portfolio that appropriately reflects the investor’s risk/reward profile, but also bringing in other consultants of the clients that may be required (e.g., tax advisors, accountants and attorneys) to properly establish investment and other financial strategies that allow us to personally gain a deeper understanding of our client's needs and to plan for the unforeseen. This has allowed me to emphasize my passion and drive to help others avoid common life planning and investment mistakes. This is particularly important as an investor’s financial needs, such as retirement, estate planning and business transition grows more complex.
California Department of Insurance License #0M96379. Licenses S7, 3, 24, 63, & 62
Tim is a Senior Vice President of Wealth Management in Newport Beach, CA. Tim works with corporations, executives and their families, coordinating decisions across relationships, acting as a Financial Quarterback and an extension of other service providers. Tim’s comprehensive approach throughout his career integrates company benefit planning, retirement planning, investments and estate planning to assist clients with their complex planning needs.
Prior to joining UBS in 2012, Tim worked in the Financial Planning Division of Goldman Sachs for six years in both Orange County and the Greater Detroit area. Tim was born and raised in the Midwest, where he graduated from the College of Business at Michigan State University, with a degree in Finance. An active and avid sports fan, Tim currently resides in Orange County with his son London and is forever loyal to Detroit sports.
Fred Grand is Co-Founder of Spyglass Hill Advisors, where he is Senior Vice President and Private Wealth Financial Advisor at UBS in Newport Beach, California. Fred is responsible for providing high-net-worth individuals, families, business owners and institutions with customized wealth strategies, planning, and banking services. He leads a team of in-house specialists who work in concert to uncover possible efficiencies in multiple disciplines.
Fred enjoys helping clients streamline the complexities that significant wealth can entail. His tenure in financial services has provided him with deep relationships in the professional community and a robust network of contacts. This connectivity allows him to support clients in their efforts to preserve, grow and transfer wealth effectively.
Prior to joining UBS, Fred was a nationally Top Ranked Private Client Advisor for Bank of America (formerly U.S. Trust) assisting high-net-worth clients. Fred was also awarded the Best in the West Award for his role as a Global Commercial Banker, where he catered to Middle Market companies and their owners. He served as an Investment Banker and CPA® conducting mergers, acquisitions, and financing advisory services. Fred began his career as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he consulted Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms, and hedge funds. Originally from Southern California, he earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accountancy and Financial Planning from the University of San Diego. He has served as a top-ranked adjunct professor at his alma mater, teaching finance and accounting. Fred has attained the designation of Certified Public Accountant (CPA®, inactive).
In his free time, Fred enjoys spending time with his wife and three daughters doing recreational activities such as; playing tennis, golf, skiing, cycling or relaxing at the beach. In addition, he can be found volunteering within the community and serving on several company boards.
John Hurford is a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at UBS in Newport Beach, California. In this role, he is responsible for creating and maintaining personalized investment solutions by utilizing a broad range of wealth management services including financial planning and wealth strategy. This includes assisting clients establish goals and objectives, work towards developing overall strategy, formulating and implementing potential solutions, and conducting reviews to help clients monitor progress toward reaching the goals. In addition, he supports clients in navigate through changing market environments to provide guidance in the areas of asset allocation, derivative oriented strategies, tax-minimization strategies, and risk-based strategies.
Prior to UBS he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Bank of America (formerly U.S. Trust). He managed portfolios for both institutions and individuals. He was one of the founding members of the national model portfolio program as head of fixed income research. Additionally, he was one of the Lead Portfolio Managers for the Private Bank’s flagship global equity portfolio, Global Opportunities Portfolio (GOP), which had $1.2B in AUM. This strategy was in the top quintile over past 10 years among global equity strategies including hundreds of outside managers (i.e. third party SMA’s and mutual funds).
Prior to joining Bank of America, John worked as a consultant at LPL Financial working with financial advisors to create and develop customized asset allocations in accordance with the client’s financial goals. He earned his Master’s of Financial Engineering from UC Berkeley – Haas School of Business and Bachelor’s of Business Administration from the University of San Diego. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
In his free time, John enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons. During the weekends John is an avid surfer, Olympic weightlifter, and an aspiring barbeque pit master.
Laura has been working in the financial services industry for over 19 years. She oversees client administration and client operational support. Laura attended the Academy for Business Careers and Post University. In her personal life, she has four children; Kaitlynn, Andrew, Julia, and Megan. Laura is an avid reader and loves spending time traveling and at the beach. She resides in Shelton, CT with her husband, John.
Laura Holland is the Team Administrator for Spyglass Hill Advisors at UBS in Newport Beach, California. In her role she coordinates the client team and in-house specialists to deliver a high-touch client experience that is customized for each client’s unique situation. Laura organizes a strategy-based approach for our clients across investment management, credit, wealth structuring, trust and estate planning services, philanthropy, and private banking.
Laura enjoys learning each client’s unique story, which helps the team better understand their history and future goals and objectives. This knowledge enables Laura to utilize her extensive professional experience and desire for excellence to serve clients with a holistic approach and properly deliver the necessary firm resources.
Prior to joining UBS, Laura was a Private Client Manager at Bank of America Private Bank, in Newport Beach. Laura has over 30 years of experience in financial services and gained a well-rounded background having worked in various roles serving high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients.
Laura currently lives in Rancho Mission Viejo and enjoys the outdoors, cooking and spending time with family.
Ryan is a Registered Client Service Associate in Newport Beach, CA. He primarily assists with account maintenance, financial planning and client relations for the team. Ryan is Series 7 and Series 66 licensed while pursuing a CFP designation.
Ryan attended The Master’s University, where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Finance as well as a Masters of Business Administration. In his time there, her competed as a Captain of the Men’s Basketball team. Ryan is passionate about serving clients and maximizing financial efficiency.
In his down-time, Ryan enjoys an active lifestyle and spending time with family and friends.
Thomas Nieto is a Co-Founder of Spyglass Hill Advisors, where he is a Managing Director and a Private Wealth Financial Advisor in Newport Beach, California. Tom works closely with clients to identify their needs, provide advice and guidance, and coordinate unified action with a team of locally based specialists.
Prior to joining UBS, Thomas worked as a Private Client Advisory for 25 years in Bank of America’s Private Bank (formerly U.S. Trust), where he helped add value to high-net-worth families. He also worked within Security Pacific National Bank where he participated in the creation of their Private Banking Group. Also, during his tenure there he worked in the Commercial Banking Group where he traveled globally to lead the acquisitions of foreign banks and oversaw evaluating and risk rating the firms largest corporate/real estate and capital market exposure. He earned his B.A. from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Thomas is a former board member of the Blue Ribbon Committee at California State College at Fullerton, as well as the Orange County Performing Arts Business Partnership. He is also a former Executive Board Member with United Way.
Thomas and his wife Marsha live in Newport Beach. During the weekend, he enjoys playing golf, as well as taking scenic walks along the coast. He also loves spending time with his two adult sons and three grandsons.
I began my career in one of the equity market’s more tumultuous periods —and over the past 30 years, I have helped clients manage their wealth throughout good times and bad. I joined UBS in 2007 after 17 years at American Express Financial Advisors. UBS has provided me and my clients the resources of the world’s largest wealth management firm without the demands of using proprietary products and services. Objectivity for fee-based advisors is extremely important, and UBS has proved to be the right choice for me and my clients.
I bring clients considerable financial insight and a commitment to formulating investment strategies from a “macro” perspective through a very tailored financial planning process designed to meet the clients’ specific needs and goals. Building from UBS’s open architecture investment platform, I provide investment, financial, retirement and estate planning strategies to a range of clients, typically executives, business owners and other professionals. In addition, I have been instrumental in helping other individuals and families who have had unusually unique situations that needed a high level of attention to detail and services.
My expertise comes not only in analyzing an investor’s goals, requirements and preferences and fashioning a portfolio that appropriately reflects the investor’s risk/reward profile, but also bringing in other consultants of the clients that may be required (e.g., tax advisors, accountants and attorneys) to properly establish investment and other financial strategies that allow us to personally gain a deeper understanding of our client's needs and to plan for the unforeseen. This has allowed me to emphasize my passion and drive to help others avoid common life planning and investment mistakes. This is particularly important as an investor’s financial needs, such as retirement, estate planning and business transition grows more complex.
California Department of Insurance License #0M96379. Licenses S7, 3, 24, 63, & 62
Tim is a Senior Vice President of Wealth Management in Newport Beach, CA. Tim works with corporations, executives and their families, coordinating decisions across relationships, acting as a Financial Quarterback and an extension of other service providers. Tim’s comprehensive approach throughout his career integrates company benefit planning, retirement planning, investments and estate planning to assist clients with their complex planning needs.
Prior to joining UBS in 2012, Tim worked in the Financial Planning Division of Goldman Sachs for six years in both Orange County and the Greater Detroit area. Tim was born and raised in the Midwest, where he graduated from the College of Business at Michigan State University, with a degree in Finance. An active and avid sports fan, Tim currently resides in Orange County with his son London and is forever loyal to Detroit sports.
Fred Grand is Co-Founder of Spyglass Hill Advisors, where he is Senior Vice President and Private Wealth Financial Advisor at UBS in Newport Beach, California. Fred is responsible for providing high-net-worth individuals, families, business owners and institutions with customized wealth strategies, planning, and banking services. He leads a team of in-house specialists who work in concert to uncover possible efficiencies in multiple disciplines.
Fred enjoys helping clients streamline the complexities that significant wealth can entail. His tenure in financial services has provided him with deep relationships in the professional community and a robust network of contacts. This connectivity allows him to support clients in their efforts to preserve, grow and transfer wealth effectively.
Prior to joining UBS, Fred was a nationally Top Ranked Private Client Advisor for Bank of America (formerly U.S. Trust) assisting high-net-worth clients. Fred was also awarded the Best in the West Award for his role as a Global Commercial Banker, where he catered to Middle Market companies and their owners. He served as an Investment Banker and CPA® conducting mergers, acquisitions, and financing advisory services. Fred began his career as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he consulted Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms, and hedge funds. Originally from Southern California, he earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accountancy and Financial Planning from the University of San Diego. He has served as a top-ranked adjunct professor at his alma mater, teaching finance and accounting. Fred has attained the designation of Certified Public Accountant (CPA®, inactive).
In his free time, Fred enjoys spending time with his wife and three daughters doing recreational activities such as; playing tennis, golf, skiing, cycling or relaxing at the beach. In addition, he can be found volunteering within the community and serving on several company boards.
John Hurford is a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager at UBS in Newport Beach, California. In this role, he is responsible for creating and maintaining personalized investment solutions by utilizing a broad range of wealth management services including financial planning and wealth strategy. This includes assisting clients establish goals and objectives, work towards developing overall strategy, formulating and implementing potential solutions, and conducting reviews to help clients monitor progress toward reaching the goals. In addition, he supports clients in navigate through changing market environments to provide guidance in the areas of asset allocation, derivative oriented strategies, tax-minimization strategies, and risk-based strategies.
Prior to UBS he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Bank of America (formerly U.S. Trust). He managed portfolios for both institutions and individuals. He was one of the founding members of the national model portfolio program as head of fixed income research. Additionally, he was one of the Lead Portfolio Managers for the Private Bank’s flagship global equity portfolio, Global Opportunities Portfolio (GOP), which had $1.2B in AUM. This strategy was in the top quintile over past 10 years among global equity strategies including hundreds of outside managers (i.e. third party SMA’s and mutual funds).
Prior to joining Bank of America, John worked as a consultant at LPL Financial working with financial advisors to create and develop customized asset allocations in accordance with the client’s financial goals. He earned his Master’s of Financial Engineering from UC Berkeley – Haas School of Business and Bachelor’s of Business Administration from the University of San Diego. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
In his free time, John enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons. During the weekends John is an avid surfer, Olympic weightlifter, and an aspiring barbeque pit master.
Laura has been working in the financial services industry for over 19 years. She oversees client administration and client operational support. Laura attended the Academy for Business Careers and Post University. In her personal life, she has four children; Kaitlynn, Andrew, Julia, and Megan. Laura is an avid reader and loves spending time traveling and at the beach. She resides in Shelton, CT with her husband, John.
Laura Holland is the Team Administrator for Spyglass Hill Advisors at UBS in Newport Beach, California. In her role she coordinates the client team and in-house specialists to deliver a high-touch client experience that is customized for each client’s unique situation. Laura organizes a strategy-based approach for our clients across investment management, credit, wealth structuring, trust and estate planning services, philanthropy, and private banking.
Laura enjoys learning each client’s unique story, which helps the team better understand their history and future goals and objectives. This knowledge enables Laura to utilize her extensive professional experience and desire for excellence to serve clients with a holistic approach and properly deliver the necessary firm resources.
Prior to joining UBS, Laura was a Private Client Manager at Bank of America Private Bank, in Newport Beach. Laura has over 30 years of experience in financial services and gained a well-rounded background having worked in various roles serving high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients.
Laura currently lives in Rancho Mission Viejo and enjoys the outdoors, cooking and spending time with family.
Ryan is a Registered Client Service Associate in Newport Beach, CA. He primarily assists with account maintenance, financial planning and client relations for the team. Ryan is Series 7 and Series 66 licensed while pursuing a CFP designation.
Ryan attended The Master’s University, where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Finance as well as a Masters of Business Administration. In his time there, her competed as a Captain of the Men’s Basketball team. Ryan is passionate about serving clients and maximizing financial efficiency.
In his down-time, Ryan enjoys an active lifestyle and spending time with family and friends.
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UBS Wealth Management is solely dedicated to serving the complex needs of highly successful individuals and families. This access, combined with our years of experience, puts us in the position to help you seize opportunities and meet the financial challenges you may face.
We provide access to the stability, institutional knowledge and expertise of UBS, one of the largest wealth managers in the world:
Our process takes you from the initial stages of exit or succession planning all the way through the transaction close. We develop a personalized strategy to help manage the proceeds and pursue your future financial goals—and life goals after you step away.
Staffed by former estate planning attorneys, our Advanced Planning Group provides highly specialized guidance and education on a diverse set of sophisticated needs, from charitable planning to income and transfer tax planning.
Family offices are as different as the families they serve—one size does not fit all. Our team brings decades of experience to helping navigate your particular financial, business and family interests as you seek to align your investment management and planning.
To address the wide-ranging needs family offices face every day, we serve as your single point of contact, helping to coordinate deep resources and expertise from across the firm, including the Investment Bank and Asset Management divisions.
With a view to an enduring relationship with families and their advisors, we focus our experience and advice in helping you solve any challenge and pursue the opportunities that best serve you, your business and family, now and in the future.
Strategies for each generation of your family
A lifetime financial strategy. We help you see how all aspects of your financial life are interrelated and how each decision can affect your entire wealth picture over time. By focusing specifically on preserving multigenerational wealth, we can help you navigate the intersection of family, business, finance and legacy.
Our approach can help you organize your financial life into three key dimensions: Liquidity—to help provide cash flow for short-term expenses, Longevity—for longer-term needs and Legacy—for needs that go beyond your own. Through the plan we create together, we can help you pursue what matters most today, tomorrow and for generations to come.
Time frames may vary. Strategies are subject to individual client goals, objectives and suitability. This approach is not a promise or guarantee that wealth, or any financial results, can or will be achieved. All investments involve the risk of loss, including the risk of loss of the entire investment.
Our credit and liquidity solutions are designed to help you effectively manage both sides of your balance sheet. We offer a wide array of sophisticated solutions to help address your liquidity needs, including tailored options for borrowing that meet your individual requirements and timeline.
Our banking and financing solutions include:
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Our experience and structured planning process drives a comprehensive financial plan and customized investment strategies. Depending on where you are in your life and the priorities that matter most, our planning conversations may focus on liquidity management, your cash flow needs, asset replacement solutions such as insurance, estate planning strategies, or tax and legal structures such as trusts and philanthropic vehicles.
As a team within the exclusive Private Wealth Management division at UBS, we connect you to the dynamic presence of one of the world‘s leading wealth managers. Private Wealth Advisors serve many of the firm‘s largest relationships, providing extensive reach and the distinct advantage of the firm‘s global perspective, insights and resources.
No matter how complex your investing needs, we have the experience and the expertise to guide you toward solutions that are aligned with your goals. Using sophisticated analysis to identify investment opportunities, we can help you build an investment portfolio that is precisely tailored to your unique goals and appetite for risk.
Our firm’s open architecture approach allows us to select the best solutions for you from within UBS or externally from a wide range of providers, including:
As a highly seasoned team, we have guided many owners through the sale of their businesses. We understand the complex nature and the sensitivity of the succession process and will work with you from the critical pre-liquidity planning stages through execution and closing.
We bring extensive experience with strategies that can help you when it’s time to exit a business, from the initial stages of assessing ownership structures to evaluating financing solutions to facilitating the sale to reflect your goals.
We can also help with tax-aware guidance on trusts and philanthropic strategies to serve your wealth preservation and legacy goals.
As a client of our Private Wealth Management services', you have the benefit of opportunities to expand your network and engage in conversations with influential leaders, like-minded peers and experts from around the globe.
You have access to a number of communities and experiences where you can discover mutual interests and build important relationships with entrepreneurs, investors, innovators, academics, scientists and philanthropists across the globe, including:
Our clients are deeply concerned about the role that wealth will play in their families. They are looking to the next generation for responsible financial stewardship. We can facilitate conversations with your loved ones and help you develop a unified vision for all that you want to accomplish now and for the long-term.
Together with our partners from Family and Philanthropy Advisory Services and Family Office Solutions, dedicated specialists, holistic wealth planners and philanthropy experts, we help you design a strategic and sustainable plan that focuses specifically on wealth transition, family meeting engagement, governance and wealth education.
Our dedicated investment bank delivers expert advice, innovative solutions and execution, as well as providing comprehensive access to capital markets around the world.
You. Connected.
There are two sides to every dream. When it comes to caring for the family you love, the business you’ve built and the legacy you create, we believe connection is the key to transforming ideas into actions.
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As a team within the exclusive Private Wealth Management division at UBS, we connect you to the dynamic presence of one of the world‘s leading wealth managers. Private Wealth Advisors serve many of the firm‘s largest relationships, providing extensive reach and the distinct advantage of the firm‘s global perspective, insights and resources.
The decision to exit your business is rarely simple and can often take up to five years or longer. In our decades of experience helping business owners and entrepreneurs exit their companies, we’ve come to believe it’s never too early to start.
Once you’ve made your decision to sell, we can work with you to build a strategic plan to guide you each step of the selling process. Our experience and knowledge can help you think through important estate planning considerations that can impact your long-term goals and family post-sale, including:
Your family is unique and deserves to be treated accordingly. We pride ourselves on our highly personal approach—what you might expect from a small, boutique firm.
Our entire team is committed to building a relationship with you—and every generation of your family—that is grounded in trust and transparency. Above all, our aim is to take care of your financial life, leaving you to concentrate on what’s most important to you.
We believe that everyone deserves good advice and a sound financial plan. When it comes to wealth, we understand that women often bring unique considerations and challenges to the table.
We stand ready to empower you to take charge of your finances, with astute advice that is tailored to your specific goals and opportunities and backed by an emphasis on financial education. All with a goal of helping you take a more active and purposeful role in managing your wealth. On your terms.
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As of 11/07/2023
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