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  • Investment Management

    Building Conviction in a World of Shifting Narratives

    Portfolio Manager Chandan Khanna explains how global markets present a landscape of opportunity for equity investors despite macroeconomic headwinds.

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  • Equity Research

    Labor Market Resilience: Why The “Shortage” Isn’t Slowing Down

    With real implications for investors, labor scarcity is shaping the 2026 outlook, as demographics, policy, and technology impact wages, productivity, and inflation.

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  • Private Wealth Management

    Probate and Intestacy

    Probate can be arduous and time-consuming. Learn more about probate and recommendations to avoid or minimize it.

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  • Equity Research

    Q&A With William Blair’s Myles Minter, Named a TipRanks Top 10 Analyst of 2025

    Recently ranked 4th in TipRank's top 10 list of U.S. analysts, Minter reflects on biotech’s inflection point, the themes that defined 2025, and the disciplined framework that guides his approach.

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  • Equity Research

    Economics Weekly: Iran, Energy, and the New Rules of Global Power

    In this Economics Weekly, Richard de Chazal attempts to lay out our view of the conflict, how this fits into the global geopolitical framework, and what this might mean for financial markets.

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  • Investment Management

    Emerging Markets Corporate Debt: 5 Themes to Watch in 2026

    After delivering another year of solid performance in 2025, emerging markets (EM) corporate credit appears poised for another solid year in 2026.

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  • Equity Research

    Monthly Macro: AI Anxiety, Software Selloffs, and the Search for Winners

    In this episode of Monthly Macro, macro analyst Richard de Chazal and William Blair’s co-head of technology, media, and communications research, Jason Ader, unpack the sharp selloff in software stocks and the growing fear around AI-driven disruption.

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  • Investment Banking

    Aviation Services Industry Update

    2025 ended with strong momentum in business aviation, fueled by a global increase in flight activity, while engine bottlenecks and MRO capacity constraints persist and market expansion continues.

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  • Equity Research

    Revolutionizing Cross-Border Business Payments

    A faster, cheaper, always-on way to move money—stablecoins are transforming cross-border commerce.

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  • Equity Research

    Political Pressure and the Fragile Independence of the Fed

    Political pressure and rising debt are quietly testing the Federal Reserve’s independence, having potentially profound implications for inflation and markets.

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  • Equity Research

    AI and the Future of Healthcare Billing: A Breakthrough for Providers and Investors

    By automating routine tasks, AI streamlines operations, reduces manual labor, accelerates payment cycles, and more.

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  • Equity Research

    Is AI Driving the Productivity Boom?

    While AI’s most significant impact may be yet to come, today’s productivity surge is driven less by artificial intelligence and more by post-pandemic investment cycles and tightening labor markets.

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  • Equity Research

    Rare Earths: Navigating China’s Restrictions and the U.S. Response

    The Department of Defense has invested more than $439 million in rare earth projects since 2020. Learn more about how these elements are essential to modern technology.

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  • Equity Research

    Economics Weekly: Modern Day Engels’ Pause Is Not the Inevitable Outcome of AI

    In this Economics Weekly, Richard de Chazal constructs a few scenarios around the current AI revolution and why we should not view that outcome as an unfortunate accident, but rather as a result of the decisions we make today.

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