By Louis Montgomery Jr. and Phil Menzel Employee sentiment toward work has experienced a seismic shift in recent years. As historic events converged during the global pandemic—leading to simultaneous social justice, health, and remote work challenges—employees reassessed their priorities, including their expectations in their careers and employers. The result has been an increasingly contentious war for top talent.

By Andrew Henry and Mike Forgash In today’s market, buying and selling companies is not sufficient to generate the magnitude of returns sought after by private equity firms. To stay ahead of the competition, a growing number of private equity firms are forming value-creation teams that are designed to accelerate the growth and profitability of portfolio companies. Working

By Sanjay Sama It’s been a wild ride for the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) industry over the last few years. First it was one of the hottest sectors in fintech, on track to exceed $600 billion in total market value by 2026, driven by a pandemic spike in e-commerce spending. Then things hit a rough patch. Rising interest rates and

By Bill Borkovitz and Chris Radigan It has been a rough 2023 for the banking sector so far. Over the course of just five days in March, three U.S.-based banks failed, with the most notable being Silicon Valley Bank which held more than $200 billion in assets when a bank run brought it down. In the months since, regulators have

By Ben Millrood It’s no secret that the tech industry has been going through some growing pains in recent months. From large enterprises like Amazon and Microsoft, to small startups and privately-held companies, the U.S. tech sector has shed more than 141,000 jobs so far in 2023, according to Crunchbase, driven by broad macroeconomic cooling and headwinds