As directors of private family businesses, you’re no strangers to the delicate balance of maintaining harmony among shareholders while safeguarding the company’s long-term stability. In this week's post, we dive into a related but often overlooked tool: buy-sell agreements. These agreements act as a safety net, ensuring smooth transitions when life throws curveballs, such as a shareholder’s departure, death, or divorce.| Mercer Capital
Q2 2025 earnings calls reflected an industry still guided by discipline but open to opportunity. OFS providers and E&P companies alike reiterated their focus on returning capital to shareholders and preserving balance sheet strength, while also pointing to selective international and offshore growth initiatives. The result is a sector cautious about near-term pricing and activity levels in North America, yet strategically positioning for selective long-term expansion. Read more in this week's...| Mercer Capital
15 employees of the Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) – a tax-exempt non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization that is one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive pediatric and women’s health care organizations in the US with more than 14,000 employees that work across 40 subspecialties and is he academic partner and the principal teaching site … … Continue reading →| Paddock Post
There is growing public interest in Singapore’s electoral system. AcademiaSG presents here scholarly articles and videos as resources for these discussions. VIDEOS In this AcademiaSG Lecture before the 2025 General Election, Constitutional law professor Kevin YL Tan (National University of Singapore) pointed out that the way electoral boundaries should be drawn is left to the […]| Academia | SG
The Dallas Fed Q2 Energy survey highlighted the growing uncertainty and continued pessimism in management sentiments across the sector. Given the concerns shared about the future of the oil and gas markets, it is more important than ever for a potential seller to be able to provide potential buyers with a clear picture of the company’s capacity for generating cash flows. In this week's post, we highlight the value of a Quality of Earnings (QofE) analysis in the transaction process.| Mercer Capital
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Americans have been and continue to be hungry for energy, in any effective form they can get it, renewable or not. While a majority of Americans still prioritize renewables in energy policy, a shift is taking place, mostly among younger Republican and Republican-leaning individuals, according to a recent Pew Research Study. In this week's post, we detail how this has been changing since the end of Trump’s first term in office and what the future may hold for renewable energy.| Mercer Capital
Family business directors generally have little perspective on how other companies handle certain items like capital allocation, capital structure, and dividend policy. With the release of our 2025 Family Business Benchmarking Study, we aim to fill that gap. This week's post focuses on the study which provides an overview of U.S. macroeconomics and examines key financial areas relevant to family businesses. Each section includes both data analysis and insights to help family business director...| Mercer Capital
As much as they may not want to be, family businesses are not immune to the trends affecting private equity.| Mercer Capital
Uncertainty in the U.S. economy remains elevated, making this a good time for family businesses to review key macroeconomic indicators.| Mercer Capital
NPR (National Public Radio) – the radio station that people love to love – is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) organization that works with its member stations to foster a more info…| Paddock Post
BayCare (Baycare Health System) is one of the largest healthcare systems in Florida. Headquartered in Clearwater with 16 hospitals, 18 urgent care centers, 4 surgery centers, 38 imaging facilities…| Paddock Post
Hey, homeschoolers! Are you wondering how AI can make homeschooling easier or are you concerned about using it? In either case, I have you covered. I have been using AI more and more in my business and personal life. I talk to people who are confused or curious about it, so I thought it would be fun to create a podcast on the topic using... Read More| Homeschool Sanity
25 of the most highly compensated employees of Endeavor Health, a health care provider that united 8 regional hospitals and 300 care centers across Chicago through NorthShore, Edward-Elmhurst Healt…| Paddock Post
Coming off a run of economic data releases in the last few weeks, we take a look at the numbers and some of their implications for the broader economy.| Mercer Capital
Last week, the consumer-price index decreased slightly from May, resulting in a year-over-year inflation measure of 3%.| Mercer Capital