Since 1996, Chris has been helping families and businesses build and preserve wealth through active financial planning and tactical portfolio management. Chris is a Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) completing his coursework at MIT Sloan School of Management.
After spending 23 years gaining industry experience at Morgan Stanley both as a Wealth Advisor and Branch Manager, Chris founded Malama Wealth Management. His process affords his clients the confidence of achieving their financial goals with a concierge style service model. At Malama Wealth, we help you create, manage and follow your financial plan. We help you execute on that plan paying close attention to fees, taxes and asset location. We stress the importance of distinguishing between the two major phase of investing, accumulation and distribution. Emotions, strategies and solutions are significantly different between these two phases and they are important to understand.
Christopher Rine
President, Wealth Advisor
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Chris is a Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) completing his coursework at MIT Sloan School of Management.Bachelors of Science in Engineering, California State University at Long Beach.
Series 3,7,9,10,63 & 65 registrations
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Chris resides in Kapaa, Kauai with his wife Tricia and has two children, daughter Kayla (1993) and son Koa (2009). He enjoys traveling and camping with the family as well as golfing, surfing, fishing and freediving.
Kimberly Hitchcock
Registered Sales Assistant
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Kimberly Hitchcock has worked in the financial industry for over 15 years with a focus in customer relations. Her goal as a relationship manager is to deliver a full-service experience and personal attention centered around each individual client’s needs. She strives to guide you to your financial goals with the highest level of service and integrity.
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Kimberly currently resides in Southern California with her husband Larry and 3 children Dominic, Emily and Ellie. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, paddle boarding and cooking for family and friends.
Mary Anne Wilson
Client Service Associate
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Northrop Electronics in Production Control on the Peacekeeper Guidance System.
Morgan Stanley for 23 years supporting office operations prior to joining Malama Wealth
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In 2019, Mary Anne decided to follow her daughter, Danny, and move to Spokane, WA. It was a big change after spending her entire life in Southern California between LA, Orange County, and San Diego. She enjoys the seasonal changes and especially the winter time snow! Mary Anne keeps busy with her rescue dogs Ty and Tiny and enjoys exploring in her new town.