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Extreme winter weather is responsible for hundreds of deaths and substantial financial losses in North America each year. By taking proactive measures, you can ensure you’re better equipped to handle the challenges winter storms present. Stay safe and use this checklist as part of your risk management plan to help you prepare, respond, and recover from a winter storm.

The year 2024 is now in the history books, marking three notable market highlights: a very good year for U.S., the AI gold rush broadening to other industries and sectors, and a surprisingly tough year for U.S. bonds. Looking ahead to what’s next in 2025, Chief Investment Officer Pete Chiappinelli of Ballentine Partners sees thirteen areas for investors to keep in mind—and it starts with the resilient strength of the U.S. economy.

Affordability, vitality, resiliency, and employee wellbeing are the key areas of focus when it comes to employee benefits in 2025. With this outlook, see how organizations will embrace innovative strategies as the cost of healthcare benefits—driven largely by skyrocketing pharmaceutical prices—will continue to pressure employers who are committed to maintaining these and other benefits. In addition, employers are enhancing benefits to improve mental health and employee wellbeing.

Compensation plans are a key part of any business. Using the national and regional data as average percentages of payroll, this guide can assist you with your 2025 compensation plans. As you review the information, helpful definitions are provided for your reference: general increase/COLA, merit increase, other increases, total salary increase budget, salary structure adjustment, and variable pay.

Developed by the World Economic Forum with support from strategic partners like Marsh McLennan, this essential guide outlines the major risk issues and provides practical steps for leaders to confidently plan for what’s ahead. Crafted with insights from over 900+ global experts, use this 20th edition of the key findings to identify, understand, and prepare for today’s and tomorrow's risks that include environmental risks, technological risks, and deepening geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions. Learn the actions you and your organization can take to build and maintain resilience.

The Global Risks Report is a comprehensive analysis of the most significant risks facing the world today. Designed to help understand the top risks for 2025 and over the next decade, this report provides insight into challenges and opportunities for risk leaders across industries. Developed by the World Economic Forum with support from strategic partners like Marsh McLennan, it’s considered a key resource for those who want to stay updated about the global risks and inform their strategic decisions to mitigate them.

Amid evolving global dynamics, emerging market corporate debt offers ample and compelling investable opportunities. The diversity of the asset class gives investors a wide spectrum on which to effectuate their views and investment strategies. But investors should navigate with caution and take note of the five themes that will have a notable impact on the asset class: net supply, U.S. policies, crude oil, the trajectory of interest rates and impact on financing costs, and improved default rates.

The unique position of family offices gives them an opportunity to pursue a broad spectrum of investments and utilize different strategies. In this 10-minute interview, Brian Lucareli, director of Foley Private Client Services (PCS) and co-chair of the Family Offices group, joins Kay Gordon, partner, and member of our Fund Formation and Investment Management practice group, for a discussion on family investments.

For many investors, fund-of-funds (FOFs) are the only way to replicate a large, diversified private equity (PE) program and is preferable to constructing a PE program oneself. Another important benefit of a FOF is the ability to aggregate hundreds of potential underlying portfolio capital calls into just a few. On the operational side, FOFs can reduce both the complexity and capital call requirements of a robust PE program. For the investors considering a FOF strategy, a historical analysis also shows the potential for superior investment outcomes.

While “investing success” can mean different things to different investors, determining its meaning is essential to understanding what path to follow. Toward that end, there are four principles that provide a solid framework for improving the chances of investment success: goals, balance, cost, and discipline. By incorporating these guiding principles into your investment strategy and your children's financial education, you can reduce the noise and distractions of the ups and downs of market cycles and focus on the things within your control.