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1ST GLOBAL PARTNERS WITH ALBRIDGE SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO AFFILIATES

Global Access 2005 Delivers Best of Breed Data Consolidation and Advanced Reporting Technologies

June 15, 2005 – Dallas, TX – 1st Global, the business development partner to leading wealth management firms, has partnered with Albridge Solutions to provide its affiliates a comprehensive, state-of-the-art data access, collection and reporting system. Global Access 2005, utilizing Albridge Solutions’ data consolidation and advanced reporting technology, will give 1st Global advisors a comprehensive tool to view their clients’ holdings across their entire book of business.

“With the ever growing regulatory challenges imposed upon broker/dealers today, we are pleased that 1st Global has chosen us to assist them in providing their advisors with the reporting tools necessary to keep pace with today’s marketplace,” said Greg Pacholski, CEO of Albridge Solutions. “By partnering with Albridge, 1st Global advisors are able to see a consolidated view of their clients’ holdings information, regardless of where the business may have been executed.”

“Global Access 2005 will save our advisors time and help them better manage their client relationships,” said 1st Global CEO Tony Batman. “By providing our advisors with one of the most sophisticated suites of solutions available, we will increase their competitiveness, streamline processes and enhance their client service offering.”

About 1st Global

1st Global helps financial consulting professionals build their own comprehensive financial services business with proven business building systems, education programs and technology. The company supports affiliates with a nationwide infrastructure that provides securities brokerage, fee-based management, insurance services, and financial and estate planning services.

1st Global currently has over 600 affiliated firms that collectively represent approximately $5 billion in managed assets and $1 billion in combined accounting, tax and financial services revenue. 1st Global Capital Corp. is a member of the NASD and SIPC and is headquartered at 8150 N. Central Expressway, Suite 500 in Dallas, Texas, (214) 265-1201. Additional information about 1st Global is available via the Internet at www.1stGlobal.com

About Albridge Solutions

Founded in 1993, Albridge consolidates enterprise investment account data, delivering a powerful, easy-to-use Web-based portfolio accounting and performance reporting solution to financial institutions. Albridge’s Web Services platform allows a seamless secure way to pass valuable consolidated information from the Albridge database to other critical applications in an advisor’s practice such as business planning, analytic, product development and CRM applications. Albridge currently manages account data for more than 85 financial institutions, representing over $500 billion in assets, tens of thousands of financial advisors and millions of investors. Their current clients include independent broker/dealers, registered investment advisors, banks, credit unions and insurance companies. For more information, contact Stuart Tarmy at (609) 806-0227.