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  • The Pet Supplements Industry Is Booming and Requires More Capacity and Capabilities

    The pet supplements industry is on track for strong continued growth. Meeting future demand will require both additional capacity and enhanced capabilities to stay ahead of intensifying competition—creating opportunities for investors.

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    Thinking Strategically About Charitable Giving

    Using charitable giving strategies to enhance the tax-efficiency of your donations plays a vital role in maximizing the impact of your gifts.

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  • Using a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT) for Wealth Transfer Purposes

    A grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT) is a wealth transfer technique used by taxpayers who want to gift future asset appreciation to heirs.

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  • Developing Pathways to Planned Giving and High-Impact Philanthropy

    Using charitable giving strategies to enhance the tax-efficiency of your donations plays a vital role in maximizing the impact of your gifts.

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  • Four Pre-Liquidity Considerations From the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

    The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has major implications for business owners and pre-liquidity planning.

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    Risk: Understanding and Managing an Inevitable Part of Investing

    Identifying the various types of risk that investors face can help you think strategically about how to manage risk in a way that aligns with your goals and objectives.

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  • How Embedded Finance Drives Enterprise Value and Increases Multiples for SaaS Platforms

    Embedded finance continues to be a highly promising growth opportunity for software platforms looking to expand into multiproduct businesses that allow their customers to have an integrated user experience and consolidate vendors.

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  • The Great Wealth Transfer: Five Actionable Steps

    With the Great Wealth Transfer on the horizon, there’s no greater moment than the present to take action on your financial future.

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  • The Quarterly Rx: Q3 2025 U.S. Biopharma Recap

    Biopharma bounced back in the third quarter, powered by the year’s first rate cut, a steady run of big M&A, and a wave of positive clinical data, especially from the latest IPO class.

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  • 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Selling Your Business

    The most critical decisions about selling your business are the ones made well before any potential buyers have been contacted.

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Tim Mulrooney, Group Head, Global Services Equity Research

Last year Tim Mulrooney cast a spotlight on "forever chemicals" (like PFAS) and how their use in many household items may be dramatically impacted. It's a topic that remains relevant today. And as newly appointed partner Tim outlines, the remediation and policy changes impacting the manufacturing industry's use of PFAS and similar chemicals is a topic that won’t go away anytime soon.

Listen to Tim's Latest Residential Services Podcast

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