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Partnership Will Expand Investment and Retirement Services to More Iowans IOWA –First Community Trust, N.A. (FCT), a nationally-chartered trust company headquartered in Dubuque, has announced a new partnership with Marshalltown-based MEMBERS1st Community Credit Union...

Partnership Will Expand Investment and Retirement Services to More Iowans IOWA –First Community Trust, N.A. (FCT), a nationally-chartered trust company headquartered in Dubuque, has announced a new partnership with Ames-based River Valley Credit Union to offer trust...

First Community Trust, N.A. Welcomes New Chief Executive Officer (Dubuque, Iowa – July 20, 2023) First Community Trust, N.A. (FCT), a nationally-chartered trust and wealth management company headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa, is pleased to announce the appointment of...

By: John Gonner, President & CEO and Chief Investment Officer As of early June the widely followed U.S. stock market index, the S&P 500, is officially in a new bull market, meaning the index has risen 20% from its most recent low of 3,577.03 reached on October...

FCT Trust Operations Officer Renee Gorman has announced her plans to retire on July 14th.  Renee has been an integral part of the FCT team for many years. She brought decades of experience working in the trust industry.  Prior to joining FCT in 2017, Renee worked at...

As first seen on CUInsight.com By John J. Gonner, CFA, President & CEO and Chief Investment Officer The U.S. economy received a shock on March 10th when Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. Two days later Signature Bank also failed. At the time these were the second and...

The SECURE 2.0 Act was signed into law last year and contains retirement-related provisions that go into effect this year, altering the way Americans can save and withdraw money from retirement accounts.  These changes come at a time when Americans are facing...

As first seen on biztimes.biz. By: John Gonner, President & CEO and Chief Investment Officer There is no doubt, 2022 was a bad year for investment returns. It was especially bad because while stocks entered a bear market (down more than 20%) bonds also were having...

Dubuque, IOWA –First Community Trust, N.A. (FCT), a nationally-chartered trust company headquartered in Dubuque, announced the promotions of Kathleen Donnelly and Jim Liddle to executive vice presidents. As executive vice presidents, Donnelly and Liddle will be a part...

As first seen on CUInsight.com. By: John Gonner, CFA President, CEO & CIO Most people have heard that a commonly used definition of a recession is two consecutive quarters of negative GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth. GDP measures the value of all the goods and...