1st Global

Why 1st Global?

If your firm is committed to serving more clients and serving them better, 1st Global can help. We specialize in consulting with CPA firm partners in creating sustainable growth strategies for the future, including helping CPA firms build successful wealth management practices. Our goal is to enhance the service experience to your best clients and to attract more of them to your firm.

Professional Focus
As a tax professional or attorney, you have a unique, trusting relationship with your clients. It’s vital to align with a partner that understands that delicate relationship. It’s also important to have a partner that understands the complex regulations and cultural issues involved in integrating comprehensive financial services into a tax or law firm. We have nearly two decades of experience doing just that.

Product Independence
Affiliating with 1st Global means maintaining your professional objectivity. You’re able to offer a vast selection of non-proprietary service and product solutions that truly meet the needs of your clients. We believe that independence and objectivity are paramount for financial services professionals.

Client Ownership
With 1st Global as your partner, your firm's clients are your firm's alone. We provide the systems, training and support you need to assist your clients with wealth management services. You provide the most critical factor for success: the client relationship.

Business-Building Expertise
We provide the cutting-edge tools and resources your firm needs to successfully build your wealth management business. From innovative marketing resources to advanced educational programs, your firm will have everything it needs to be a success. Just add clients.

Comprehensive Solutions
With 1st Global, your firm is free to choose the solutions that fit your client. You are not pressured to promote or push proprietary products. We support your firm with everything it needs for a wealth management practice, including securities brokerage services, fee-based asset management, insurance services and retirement planning.

 

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Firm Leadership Styles That Work

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By David C. Knoch, president and chief operating officer, 1st Global

Leadership matters. No one reading these two simple words would dispute their truth, but they may prompt questions: How much does it matter? What separates strong leadership from weak? What practices, in addition to leadership, create thriving businesses? The questions are endless.

How My Financial Plan Saved My Life

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Personal financial planning is nothing less than taking total personal responsibility for one’s life and to make and honor important promises to the people one loves. 1st Global Chairman and CEO Tony Batman shares how, during an epic battle against Stage 3 cancer, having a complete financial plan in place helped save his life.

How You Can Guide the Future for America

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Personal financial planning is the process of preparing for the inevitable tragedies of life that will affect each of us both financially and emotionally. It is a philosophy for intentional living, a framework for creating happiness, and offers joy in the face of life’s natural tendencies toward chaos and entropy.

Help Your Clients Kick the Debt Habit

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By 1st Global Staff

The Federal Reserve announced in early October that household debt in the U.S. climbed $39.4 billion to a staggering $13 trillion during the second quarter of 2012. While this development could boost consumer spending and assist in the economic recovery, it means that each household in America carries roughly $114,000 in debt ($13 trillion divided by the total number of households counted in the 2010 Census).

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