First Concord Benefits Group

Founded in 1945, Bridges Investment Counsel is an investment adviser. Its affiliate, Bridges Investment Management, is a full-service investment management firm. Bridges Investment Management s clients include high net worth individuals, corporate retirement plans and charitable organizations. The firm employs an investment style that seeks to invest capital in companies achieving above average returns on equity and earnings. Bridges Investment Management manages individually created and maintained investment portfolios for a variety of clients and types of accounts. It offers personal investment, retirement planning, endowment and charitable foundation services. It also provides individual retirement accounts and corporate pensions. Bridges Investment Counsel s affiliate, Provident Trust Company, offers trust services to its clients.

Dial Properties, a part of The Dial Companies, provides property management and leasing services to individual investors and insurance companies. The company leases and manages nearly 4 million square feet of commercial real estate space. It deals in open-air centers, enclosed malls, office buildings and residential communities. Dial Properties' clients include the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Ohio National Life, Pacific Mutual, Mutual Benefit Life, ITT Real Estate Services, Northwestern Mutual Life, J.E. Robert Companies and Resolution Trust Corporation. The Dial Companies additionally operates Dial Communities, Dial Equities, Dial Land Development and Dial Family Resorts. Dial Properties is based in Omaha, Neb.