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  • Equity Research

    Positioning for Growth in 2026: Policy Clarity, AI Momentum, and Sector Opportunities

    With investment momentum building, 2026 offers cautious optimism powered by AI innovation, clearer policy frameworks, and emerging sector prospects.

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  • Investment Banking

    Lawn Care’s Expansion Into Pest Control, Broader Outdoor Recurring Services

    Lawn care companies are evolving into broader outdoor services platforms. Jack Williams from William Blair’s Investment Banking consumer products & services team delves into what’s behind this evolution and how it is stoking transaction activity.

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  • Equity Research

    The Evolution of Quality Growth: Technology’s Role in Current Better Values

    From biotech breakthroughs to AI-powered business models, technology has become the backbone of long-term value creation. Explore how William Blair’s Current Better Values list identifies tomorrow’s secular winners.

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    Private Wealth Management

    Building Your Financial Strategy

    By identifying your priorities you can create a manageable and strategic plan for keeping your financial plan on course.

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  • Equity Research

    Economics Weekly: The Labor Market May Not Be Quite as Weak as Believed

    In this Economics Weekly, Richard de Chazal reexamines the labor market data and the current market narrative of an unfolding deceleration in employment growth.

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    Private Wealth Management

    Life After Employee Benefits

    In addition to retirement considerations, any employee preparing to leave a job should plan for life after employee benefits.

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  • Client Focus

    The Perpetual Growth Machine: Why Innovation Still Wins

    William Blair’s Olga Bitel and Alexa Davis argue that progress isn’t linear—it’s a continuous cycle of needs sparking tools, tools sparking innovation, and innovation generating entirely new needs.

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  • Client Focus

    Transition to Liquidity: Lessons From William Blair’s Business Owners Forum

    William Blair’s Chris Brathwaite and Andrew Hansen share key considerations for entrepreneurs and business owners about pre-liquidity planning and the transaction process.

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  • Client Focus

    Venture Philanthropy: A New Era of Innovative Giving

    Venture philanthropy bridges traditional giving and impact investing by combining mission-first intent with greater potential, accountability, engagement, and measurement.

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  • Client Focus

    2026 Wealth Planning and Philanthropy Strategies

    As we kick off 2026, now is the time to review your financial strategy and position yourself for success in the year ahead.

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  • Client Focus

    300 Editions of Excellence: A Framework for Quality Growth

    William Blair is proud to celebrate the 300th edition of its Current Better Values list, marking 50 years of quality growth investing.

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    Client Focus

    CEO Perspective: Celebrating a Legacy of Insight and Innovation

    Brent Gledhill discusses how William Blair’s time-tested research philosophy and forward-thinking strategies can help you navigate today’s complex economic landscape and achieve your goals.

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  • Equity Research

    300 Current Better Values: An Investment Philosophy In Motion

    For nearly five decades, William Blair’s Current Better Values list has anticipated the companies shaping the future, often before the broader market sees what’s coming. An Investment Philosophy In Motion uncovers the disciplined research, enduring principles, and forward‑looking mindset that transformed a simple idea into one of the firm’s most iconic traditions.

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  • Parents and their son looking at a laptop
    Private Wealth Management

    Education Financing

    Among its many benefits, a college education can have a significant impact on future earning potential. It is an important investment. It is also becoming a more expensive one as increases in college costs continue to outpace inflation.

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