finance
Recently, Lee Huang, President and Principal of ESI and head of ESI’s Higher Education Practice Area, caught up with some of our thought leaders in the higher ed space to ask them some of the most critical questions facing the industry. This exert includes Lloyd Russow’s full response. Lloyd, you’ve helped your own institution […]
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The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Distressed Municipalities Program, commonly known as Act 47, has been in existence since 1987. The program, which is administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development, provides a set of tools for localities suffering from severe budget challenges that threaten the capacity to deliver essential public services. Among those tools […]
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As experts in public finance and public policy, Econsult Solutions, Inc.(ESI) has conducted detailed analyses on the preparedness of private sector workers for retirement, and evaluated policy and economic considerations associated with state and local programs. Recently, ESI performed a study for the Pennsylvania Treasury which quantified the net impact of savings shortfall on the economic […]
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The Pennsylvania Treasury released a study performed by Econsult Solutions, Inc. (ESI) on the impact of insufficient retirement savings on the Commonwealth. The study quantified the net impact of savings shortfall on the economic and fiscal health of the state in the form of increased state public assistance costs and reduced tax revenue, household spending, […]
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What are the traits of a digital leader in wealth and asset management? What are the steps to get there? As investment firms come to grips with massive disruption in their industry, there are lessons to be learned from Amazon’s impact on the retail industry. Here are some of the takeaways offered by executives. This information […]
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With 60% of the global population expected to live in cities by 2030, how will going cashless enable a city to drive more value to citizens, businesses, and the government? To answer that question, VISA commissioned ThoughtLab to quantify the potential benefits of moving from physical money to digital payment systems in 100 cities around […]
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