Welcome to our dedicated page for First Foundation SEC filings (Ticker: FFWM), a comprehensive resource for investors and traders seeking official regulatory documents including 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly earnings, 8-K material events, and insider trading forms.
This page provides access to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings for First Foundation Inc. (NYSE: FFWM), a financial services company with two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, First Foundation Advisors and First Foundation Bank. Through these filings, investors can review how the company reports its personal banking, business banking, and private wealth management activities, including investment, trust, insurance, and philanthropy services.
Key documents available through the SEC’s EDGAR system and summarized here include Form 10-Q quarterly reports and Form 10-K annual reports, which contain consolidated financial statements, segment information for Banking and Wealth Management, and management’s discussion of financial condition and results of operations. Earnings releases furnished on Form 8-K provide additional detail on quarterly performance and are referenced in several of the company’s recent filings.
First Foundation also files multiple Form 8-K current reports to disclose material events. Recent examples include filings describing the Agreement and Plan of Merger with FirstSun Capital Bancorp, the anticipated merger of First Foundation with and into FirstSun and of First Foundation Bank with and into Sunflower Bank, National Association, and related support and lockup agreements. Other 8-K filings document executive appointments at First Foundation Bank, employment agreements, and changes in key leadership roles.
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First Foundation Inc. appointed Stuart Bernstein as Chief Banking Officer of its wholly owned subsidiary, First Foundation Bank, effective August 11, 2025. Mr. Bernstein, age 54, brings multi-bank experience across consumer and business banking, wealth management, investments and residential lending, including senior roles at Santander NA and MUFG Union Bank. He will receive an annual base salary of $450,000 and may receive a discretionary bonus of up to 100% of base salary, payable half in cash and half in restricted stock units or performance stock units. The Company will enter into its standard indemnification agreement and attached a press release as Exhibit 99.1. The filing states there are no family relationships or Item 404 disclosures required.
First Foundation Inc. (FFWM) reported a contracting balance sheet in the quarter: total assets fell to $11.59 billion from $12.65 billion at year-end, driven by a $1.28 billion decline in deposits to $8.59 billion and a reduction in loans held for sale to $476.7 million from $1.29 billion. The bank generated stronger core margin performance as net interest income rose to $50.08 million for the quarter (up from $43.83 million), but the period produced a net loss of $7.69 million due largely to a $10.41 million loss on sale of loans and higher noninterest expense. Trading and investment portfolios show unrealized and unrecognized losses (HTM unrecognized loss ~$59.44 million) while the allowance for loan losses increased to $37.56 million. Cash and equivalents ended at $1.056 billion, with significant loan-sale proceeds of $806.9 million supporting investing cash inflows.
First Foundation (NYSE:FFWM) filed a Form 8-K (Item 5.02) disclosing that Christopher Naghibi, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of First Foundation Bank, notified the company on June 23 2025 of his resignation, effective July 8 2025.
The filing provides no reason for the departure, no severance details and no information on a successor, leaving a key operational post vacant at the wholly-owned bank subsidiary.
- Resignation affects bank-level COO role, a critical position for day-to-day operations and strategic execution.
- Chief Financial Officer James Britton signed the report on June 27 2025.