HR Outsourcing: How Midmarket Employers Can Reduce Risk and Grow with a PEO
Compliance concerns, overworked HR teams, the battle for talent – midsize businesses have a lot to overcome in order to achieve success. And to really get ahead, employers will need to shift from administrative and reactive HR practices to a more strategic approach. Here’s where a professional employer organization (PEO) can help by tackling administrative functions so business leaders can focus on business and HR leaders can focus on strategic HR. This in-depth Lighthouse Research and Advisory report,
How Companies Get Acquired - Lessons from 45,000 Startups
How Companies Get Acquired – Lessons from 45,000 Startups We’re reaching out to share Woodside Capital Partners’ new report “How Companies Get Acquired – Lessons from 45,000 Startups”. In the report, we reveal new insights about investments, ROI, time-to-exit, exit size, impact of capital raised, success factors, and about company failures from a large proprietary data set supplied by Pitchbook. We also review tech M&A in the first half of 2024. Preview below. Click here to download the report. In
California Employers with 1 or more employees are required by Law to offer a qualified Retirement Plan
By Brad Stephens, Tamalpais Asset Management Changing Environment for Retirement Savings As of 2024, employers with one or more employees are currently required by law to either offer their own qualified retirement plan or register for CalSavers. The CalSavers Retirement Savings Trust Act was enacted by the state of California in 2016 to address a gap in retirement savings options for many private-sector workers. Its goal is to make retirement savings more accessible to California
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Competition Law: Balancing Innovation and Regulation
Recognising the extraordinarily rapid evolution of AI and its broad impact across many sectors, competition regulators in the UK, the EU and globally are moving quickly to ensure that the market remains competitive and that the technology is not used by companies to gain an unfair advantage or harm consumers. This discussion paper by law firm Squire Patton Boggs features key learnings from a recent roundtable co-hosted by our firm and the International Institute of Communications (IIC), which included
The Future of Climate Tech 2024, Presented by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)
While the challenges to avert climate change remain considerable, the long-term technology trends are clear and bright. It is now cheaper to develop new renewable energy than it is to maintain fossil fuel generation. Roughly 88% of global carbon emissions are now covered by a net zero goal, and policies such as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are beginning to have a meaningful impact on advancing climate tech solutions and businesses. Entrepreneurs and investors are increasingly turning attention to
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Bird & Bird's International Green Hydrogen Report 2024
Bird and Bird are delighted to announce the 2024 edition of our International Green Hydrogen Report. A successful energy transition can only be achieved by combining security of supply, affordability and environmental compatibility with innovative and intelligent climate protection. This requires an alternative option to the fossil fuels that are predominantly used today, and hydrogen has a key role to play in the energy transition. In addition to numerous other advantages as a renewable energy carrier,
