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04/09/2008 - 06/30/2008
Act 47 Coordinator's Report on City of Pittsburgh Petition for Recission of Distressed Status
Act 47 Coordinator's Report on City of Pittsburgh Petition for Recission of Distressed Status, April 8, 2...
04/10/2008
Management Innovation in U.S. Public Water and Wastewater Systems
PFM Managing Directors, Dean Kaplan and Michael Nadol, co-edited this volume of best practices for runnin...
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Financial Management

Public Financial Management, Inc. (PFM) opened its first office in Philadelphia in 1975 with a staff of five. But even from this modest beginning, PFM had a distinct advantage over the competition: we understood the need to create a financial services firm exclusively for the benefit of government clients. PFM quickly developed a vision that still guides us today – a vision for generating client success that involves three key elements:

  • Independence - Build a financial advisory firm beholden only to its government clients

  • Expertise - Attract, train and retain a public finance team equal to that of any Wall Street investment bank

  • Service - Offer comprehensive, cost-effective programs and provide consistent, high-caliber service.

Today, we are the nation's leading financial advisor to state and local municipalities.