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  • Equity Research

    How Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz Can Move Markets Fast

    The Strait of Hormuz is more than an oil chokepoint—disruptions can ripple through energy markets, food inputs, and critical materials worldwide.

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  • Investment Banking

    A Business Owner’s Guide to the Spectrum of Liquidity Options

    Explore liquidity options for founders. From dividend recaps to strategic sales, learn to balance post-transaction control with your short and long-term goals.

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  • Equity Research

    Economics Weekly: Wow, It's Been Quite a First Quarter

    In this Economics Weekly Richard de Chazal explores the three major thematic events from the past quarter and contemplates where we go from here.

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    Private Wealth Management

    Preserving Family Wealth: Before, During, and After Marriage

    Creating an enduring financial legacy becomes more challenging with each branch that is added to the family tree through marriage. We examine strategies for preserving wealth and harmony across generations.

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  • Investment Banking

    Funding the Future: The Capital Sources Fueling AI

    Investment Banking’s Anu Sharma and Jim O’Connor discuss potential sources, incentives, and implications for AI capital formation.

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  • Equity Research

    Auto Insurance in Transition: Competition, Pricing, and the Rise of AI

    Adam Klauber, William Blair’s group head of financial services and technology research, sits down with Bill Daniel, CEO of AWL, to explore how the U.S. auto insurance market is evolving after an extended hard market.

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  • Investment Banking

    The Quarterly Rx: Q1 2026 U.S. Biopharma Recap

    The U.S. biopharma sector demonstrated resilience in the first quarter of 2026, building on its recovery despite geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty.

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  • Investment Management

    Latin American Airlines’ Fuel Shock Response

    Latin American airlines are tactically hedging fuel and leveraging stronger market dynamics to better absorb oil-price volatility.

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  • Client Focus

    How Tangible Assets Are Shaping a New Global Investment Cycle

    Investment Management’s Olga Bitel describes how energy, infrastructure, and industrial investment may shape the next market cycle.

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  • Private Wealth Management

    Asset Allocation: Your Biggest Investment Decision

    Building a portfolio involves countless decisions. But none is more important than how you allocate your wealth across asset classes. This white paper describes the process of developing a customized asset-allocation strategy, achieving meaningful diversification across and within asset classes, and monitoring allocations and reviewing portfolios.

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  • Brent Gledhill
    Client Focus

    CEO Perspective: Energy’s Vital Role for Investors and Markets

    Brent Gledhill explores how recent events underscore the centrality of the energy industry and how William Blair’s insight into geopolitical developments, evolving energy systems and infrastructure, and innovative capital can drive long-term investment success.

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  • Equity Research

    Monthly Macro: Geopolitical Shock, Inflation Risks, and a Market on Edge

    William Blair macro analyst Richard de Chazal unpacks the market implications of the U.S.–Iran conflict, discussing how the war is reshaping inflation and growth risks and challenging central banks’ playbooks, and why markets may be underpricing the possibility of a more prolonged disruption. Richard also touches on emerging stress in private credit beneath the surface.

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  • Client Focus

    The Forces Reshaping Energy Markets

    As electricity demand rises and new technologies emerge, investment across traditional and next-generation energy infrastructure will play a critical role in powering the transition.

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  • Client Focus

    Fueling Long-Term Portfolio Strength

    The way a portfolio is allocated across asset classes can be a significant driver of long-term results.

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