A complete list of active advisors currently associated with First Financial Services, LLC

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Cove Street Capital provides discretionary portfolio management and related advisory services to a mix of individual, high net worth, institutional and pooled-vehicle clients, and also offers advisory services to a separately organized private Partners Fund. The firm additionally supplies non‑discretionary security rankings to an unaffiliated investment manager for a fee and serves a range of client types that include insurance companies, pension plans, foundations and family offices. The firm follows a bottom‑up, fundamental value investment approach across distinct sleeves—Classic Value small cap, Microcap Opportunities and a Strategic Value strategy—that emphasizes intrinsic value analysis, weekly quantitative screens and concentrated portfolios. Strategies are explicitly concentrated (typical small‑cap portfolios hold roughly 25–35 names; microcap work targets top‑10 concentrations north of 50%) and may include active board engagement and capital‑structure flexibility when appropriate. Notable distinctions in the brochure include Cove Street’s ownership role in CSC Partners and its position as general partner to a Partners Fund that uses performance allocations, high‑water marks and lock‑up provisions, arrangements that create side‑by‑side allocation considerations disclosed in the ADV. The firm also documents the use of soft‑dollar benefits and the paid provision of ranked research to an external manager—operational features and potential conflicts that are less common among similarly sized supported firms.

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