Santa Barbara, CA - April 1, 2004

Aase Christensen joined Partnervest Financial Group LLC as a Partner and Financial Advisor. Aase's sophisticated training and experience has made her well known throughout her profession and the Santa Barbara community as a retirement expert. She has been mentioned in Research Magazine, a financial planning resource magazine, and was asked by the Certified Financial Planner (CFP ) program to teach the retirement plan course at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Aase is Corporate Representative of Partnervest and represents the commitment to excellent client service that Partnervest strives to achieve as a corporation.

Prior to joining Partnervest, Aase was a financial advisor for Wachovia Securities (formerly Prudential Securities) for two years. Aase began her career in financial services in Sacramento, CA, and has always specialized in retirement planning for both corporations and individuals.


About Partnervest Financial Group
Partnervest Financial Group LLC, headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, is a privately owned full-service financial services, technology and consulting company. Partnervest and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Partnervest Securities, Inc. (Member NASD/SIPC), Partnervest Advisory Services LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor, and Partnervest Insurance Services LLC, an Insurance Agency, provide the full spectrum of financial services and products, as well as back-office operations, compliance, and business consulting services. Partnervest Technology Group provides multi tiered applications and an ASP model for account aggregation, electronic imaging, portfolio reporting, reconciliation, and integration management of financial service databases. For further information, contact Partnervest at (888) 991-9969 or at www.partnervest.com.