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Fashion Retailers Can Have a Stronger 2025 With Better Pricing and a Focus on Experiences
Matt Katz shares strategies retailers can leverage to capitalize on the booming experiential economy in this Retail Brew article.
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Wharton CIO Alternative Investments Summit
SSA & Company was proud to have participated in the CIO Alternative Investments Summit hosted by Wharton Private Equity & Venture Capital Alumni Association. We were honored to partner with our colleagues across Council Advisors and The Miles Group to serve as a gold-level sponsor, supporting this forum where leaders from private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, family offices, and more shared insights on the evolving world of alternative investments.
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Despite Successive Interest Rate Cuts, the $2.7 Trillion Commercial Real Estate Problem Isn’t Going Away
Pierre Buhler and Andrew Jones discuss the future state of the commercial real estate market in this ABF Journal article.
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Growth Equity Today: Adapting Buyout Playbooks to Accelerate Performance
Growth equity firms today face extraordinary market characteristics. Hold periods have extended, many investments are ‘upside down,’ and fund IRRs, on average, have turned negative. Additionally, capital costs have increased, and raising capital has grown increasingly difficult.
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Are Orgs Shifting from a Cloud-First to Hybrid-First Policy?
Nick Kramer shares his predictions for cloud-first and hybrid-first policies in this TechTarget article.
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Common Gen AI Misconceptions for the Enterprise
Despite its broad utility, Nick Kramer comments on the limitations of gen AI in this Diginomica article.
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Who International Retailers Hire to Crack the US Market
Matt Katz shares strategies for retailers to consider when entering a new market in this Business of Fashion article.
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Three Important Operational Priorities for Life Insurance in 2024
In life insurance and annuities, the promise has always been unwavering stability and resilience. Insurance companies have adapted to the times by being measured and purposeful, living their commitment to providing long-term security. The last decade challenged this paradigm, having introduced a relentless wave of innovation, including contactless underwriting, consumer demand for digital-centric interactions, the office impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the entry of private equity, and rapid fluctuations in interest rates, with the looming threat of declining asset values already requiring another round of new investment strategies, product revisions, and balance sheet optimizations.
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A Painful Year Looms for Issuers of Middle-Market Consumer Credit Cards
Pierre Buhler was featured in this American Banker article outlining strategies for credit card issuers operating in an increasingly complex environment.
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Weighing Risk and Reward with Gen AI Vendor Selection
Nick Kramer was quoted in this CIO article about things to consider when choosing a gen AI vendor.
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CIO Priorities and Trends for 2024
Nick Kramer was featured in this TechTarget article looking at the top trends and priorities for CIO’s in 2024.
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Tiptoeing Into a Soft Landing in 2024
Fears of recession persisted for much of 2023 but now, analysts are cautiously shifting the conversation. Matt Katz was featured in this WWD article discussing how retail will be impacted in 2024 as fears of recession ease.
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How 2023 Became the Year of Cost Cutting for Retailers
Last year, rather focus on growth, many retailers focused on cutting costs. Matt Katz was quoted in this Modern Retail article discussing pressures that led many retailers to focus on cost cutting last year.
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