
HDI Global SE announced the promotion of Gerrie Piette to Manager Captives. Piette, based in Brussels, previously served as senior casualty underwriter and account manager for captives. The new role expands his responsibilities overseeing HDI's captive insurance operations. The move comes as the carrier intensifies its focus on captive solutions across Europe.

Athora announced a €3.5 billion common‑equity raise, earmarked primarily for the acquisition of Pension Insurance Corporation Group (PICG). The deal, cleared by the PRA and FCA, is slated for completion around 27 March 2026, after which Athora’s assets under management and administration will...

The Congressional Budget Office now projects that the Social Security Old‑Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund will be exhausted by 2032, a year earlier than its 2023 forecast. The acceleration stems from higher inflation‑driven cost‑of‑living adjustments and weaker payroll‑tax revenue....

Greg Abel issued Berkshire Hathaway’s first annual letter and appeared on CNBC to discuss resuming the company’s share‑buyback program, underscoring continuity after Warren Buffett’s era. The week also featured high‑profile interviews with investors Stan Druckenmiller and John Arnold, plus a...

In 2025, health‑care providers grappled with chronic administrative staffing shortages that slowed billing, disrupted scheduling, and ate into clinicians' patient time. By 2026, industry leaders are converting workforce stability into a formal clinical metric, tracking turnover, fill‑time and continuity for...

Chief Information Security Officers typically stay only two to three years, far shorter than other C‑level roles, which hampers long‑term cybersecurity maturity. The author argues that the first 100 days are decisive for building trust with business leaders and aligning...

EY has appointed Andrew Christie and Brad Schock as co‑leaders of its global captive insurance practice, while Jim Bulkowski will oversee risk management and insurance M&A. The restructuring aims to strengthen EY's service offering for captive insurers and broaden its...

Litigation startup Advocacy announced a $3.5 million seed investment backed by law firm Fenwick & West, legal‑tech pioneer Relativity Labs, and a consortium of Big Law, boutique firms, and law‑school investors. The capital will accelerate development of its cloud‑based platform that...

The market is eyeing the upcoming Non‑Farm Payroll and U.S. retail‑sales releases after a week of volatility sparked by the U.S.–Iran conflict. Geopolitical tension has nudged the S&P 500 outlook toward the downside, yet it has not yet altered payroll expectations,...
China is deliberately limiting its involvement in the Iran war while maintaining momentum on high‑level U.S.–China trade talks. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, USTR Jamieson Greer and Vice‑Premier He Lifeng are slated to meet in Paris in mid‑March ahead of a...

Eli Lilly has introduced Employer Connect, a new platform that partners with more than fifteen independent administrators to provide cost‑transparent access to its obesity drug Zepbound for U.S. employees. The service is designed to close the insurance coverage gap affecting roughly...

In late January, VC Zurn denied a temporary restraining order seeking to block the Fifth Third‑Comerica merger, rejecting the plaintiff’s claims under both Unocal fiduciary standards and Delaware General Corporation Law §141(a). The plaintiff contended that the merger’s “no‑shop” provisions violated...

Robinhood is launching Robinhood Venture Fund I (RVI) on the NYSE with an anticipated $25 share price, offering retail investors a closed‑end fund that mirrors private‑market exposure. The fund will charge a 2% annual management fee, reduced to 1% for...
The article warns that the casual “agree to disagree” habit silently damages team trust and stalls collaboration. By ending conversations prematurely, leaders leave root issues unresolved, allowing tension to fester. It introduces a four‑dimensional framework—connection, clarity, curiosity, and commitment—to turn...
The 2026 State of the Workplace report argues the office isn’t disappearing, but evolving into a dynamic catalyst for collaboration, culture, health, and innovation. Drawing on insights from 11 thought leaders, it highlights that 93% of employees prioritize flexibility in...

Briefpoint CEO Nathan Walter sat down at Paradise Ridge Winery to discuss the company’s latest advances in e‑discovery and AI‑driven litigation support. He highlighted how Briefpoint’s platform now automates document classification, cutting review time dramatically. Walter also spoke about the...
In an interview, Professor Claude Wagner highlights the extreme fragility of place branding in Switzerland, noting how a single historic incident can shape perception for decades. He explains that the nation’s linguistic and cultural diversity attracts multinational firms but also...
Isabel Schnabel, ECB executive board member, urged the EU to create a unified "28th regime" that gives firms seamless access to the entire Single Market. She argued that Europe’s main deficit is scale, not innovation, and that internal regulatory barriers...

Bank of Japan (BOJ) policymaker Hiroshi Himino said underlying inflation is gradually accelerating toward the bank's 2% price‑stability target, while the central bank keeps monetary conditions broadly accommodative. He emphasized that the BOJ will fine‑tune the degree of accommodation but...

The market outlook for the coming week centers on four key data releases: Japan’s final Q4‑2024 GDP estimate on Sunday, the Baden‑Wurttemberg state election in Germany on Monday, U.S. February CPI on Wednesday, and the Core PCE price index for...
Myrto Kalouptsidi, a Harvard economist highlighted in the IMF’s *Finance and Development*, studies how maritime shipping underpins roughly $20 trillion of annual global trade. Her research reveals that shipping costs and industrial policies directly shape trade patterns, supply‑chain resilience, and the...
MiniMed priced its IPO at $20 per share, a 20% discount to the low end of its $25 range, raising $560 million and valuing the company at $5.62 billion. The stock opened below the IPO price and closed its first NASDAQ session...
The DOJ and FTC under the Trump‑era “Deal Friendly” approach have shifted toward expediting non‑problematic mergers, reviving early termination practices, and favoring structural remedies such as divestitures. In 2025, agencies filed 12 enforcement actions, with nine settled via consent orders,...
The post revives the classic American Top 40 radio format as a template for modern email marketing. It proposes a weekly “Top 40” list of best‑selling products, ranked by combined sales, units, and conversion metrics, and suggests distributing the list across email,...
Bloom Agency outlines a digital growth architecture that unites SEO, technical optimization, content, paid media, conversion tactics, and analytics into a scalable revenue engine. The framework stresses search visibility, site performance, authority‑building content, ROI‑focused advertising, and continuous data‑driven refinement. By...
Norman Marks argues that audit reports must be more than accurate; they need to be fair and balanced to preserve credibility with management and boards. He recounts an IT audit at a large financial institution where the report highlighted security...
David Ellison, backed by Skydance and RedBird Capital, has embarked on a $125 billion media buying spree, acquiring Paramount for $8 billion, securing a $7.7 billion UFC broadcast deal on CBS, and moving to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery for roughly $110 billion. These transactions dramatically expand...

Asian markets posted a modest rebound on Thursday, with only Vietnam slipping, as rising oil prices and heightened tensions over the US‑Israel strike on Iran weigh on sentiment. The US dollar strengthened and European bond yields climbed, while a poll...
Customers.AI is an identity‑resolution and deliverability platform built for Shopify brands that run Klaviyo. Its X‑Ray pixel lifts visitor identification from roughly 15‑20% to 60‑70%, feeding anonymous shoppers into Klaviyo profiles. The Alfred AI agent scores these visitors daily, enabling...
Greg Abel authored Berkshire Hathaway’s 2025 shareholder letter, marking the first full‑year communication since Warren Buffett stepped back as CEO. The letter reiterates the conglomerate’s core culture—honesty, decentralized autonomy, and a long‑term ownership mindset—while confirming that Buffett will still be...
Each week we run a DCF model on Boeing, arriving at an intrinsic share price of roughly $85, far below the current market level near $230. The analysis uses a 10% discount rate, 2.5% terminal growth, and forecasts free cash...

COSO released "Achieving Effective Internal Control Over Generative AI (GenAI)", a guidance that aligns its Internal Control‑Integrated Framework with the unique risks of generative AI. The publication translates the five COSO components into concrete controls for eight GenAI capability types...

Indonesia has signed a memorandum of understanding to import roughly 2 million tonnes of wheat annually from the United States, representing about 17% of its total wheat demand. The deal effectively earmarks a fifth of the market for U.S. exporters, removing...

AT&T has rolled out onsite therapy clinics across its U.S. offices, now operating ten locations and targeting twenty by year‑end. The Dallas hub, the program’s first site, logged more than 2,100 visits in 2025, averaging over 11 appointments per day....

Life‑science marketers face mounting pressure to deliver personalized content while meeting stricter privacy regulations such as CCPA and the EU Data Act. Companies are shifting from static consent checkboxes to unified, real‑time consent frameworks that synchronize preferences across CRM, CDP,...

Peter Conti‑Brown outlines three separate Fed‑Treasury accords: one freeing the Treasury from setting monetary policy, a second keeping the Fed out of partisan politics, and a third enhancing collaboration on public‑debt management. He traces the historic 1951 Accord that granted...

Minted has introduced Nestment, a personalized home‑buyer education platform, as a new employee benefit. The move comes as first‑time homebuyer share hit a historic low of 21% in 2025 and the median age rose to 40. Nestment guides users from...

Brendan Miller’s blog examines how law firms can convert vocal skeptics of new technology into enthusiastic adopters. He illustrates typical resistance: a team member fearing diminished relevance and a senior partner doubting an AI research assistant’s accuracy. Miller outlines practical...

The column revives its Top 3 SPAC Targets list, spotlighting Costa Group, Amber Wave and Better Beef as prime agricultural merger candidates. It ties renewed SPAC activity to shifting trade policies, notably the Supreme Court’s removal of Trump‑era tariffs, and...

ENPULSION, an Austrian electric propulsion specialist, raised €22.5 million in growth funding led by Nordwind Growth to accelerate its US market expansion. The capital will fund scaling of production capacity and a strategic shift toward integrated, turnkey mobility solutions for satellite...

Employers in New York City must now provide 32 hours of unpaid safe and sick leave in addition to existing paid time, with expanded usage categories and no rollover. The state’s Trapped at Work Act, which bans mandatory repayment agreements, has...

OpenAI is in early talks with ad‑tech giant The Trade Desk to sell advertising on its ChatGPT platform, part of a broader push to generate $17 billion in consumer revenue this year. The company has already partnered with Criteo to launch...

HR leaders are struggling to move beyond pilot projects toward true skills‑based organizations, a shift accelerated by AI’s impact on work. A BCG white paper finds most initiatives falter because they are isolated HR projects lacking alignment with overall business...
NVIDIA has halted production of its China‑focused H200 Hopper GPU at TSMC, leaving roughly 250,000 units in inventory awaiting U.S. export clearance and Chinese import permits. The pause follows export‑control constraints that limit the chips to non‑security‑sensitive applications. NVIDIA plans...

The Shared Services & Outsourcing Week (SSOW) 2026, held March 16‑19 in Orlando, will host a Finance Transformation Program for finance shared‑services leaders. Over 1,200 shared‑services and GBS executives will gather to discuss modernizing finance operations, embedding AI responsibly, and...

Cognito Therapeutics closed an oversubscribed $105 million Series C round to fund its at‑home Alzheimer’s stimulation device, Spectris, targeting a 2027 market launch after a pivotal readout. NexCure raised $19 million in a Series A to build an outpatient platform that standardizes and expands...