William Blair

William Blair is committed to building enduring relationships with our clients. We work closely with private and public pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds, as well as financial advisors. We are 100% active-employee-owned with broad-based ownership. Our investment teams are solely focused on active management and employ disciplined, analytical research processes across a wide range of strategies, including U.S. equity, non-U.S. equity, and emerging markets debt. William Blair is based in Chicago with global resources providing expertise and solutions to meet our clients’ evolving needs.

A new phase for Global Markets

William Blair strategist Olga Bitel on how AI infrastructure, defense spending, and supply-chain investment are expanding opportunities beyond U.S. equities

As safe havens lose their shine, emerging markets debt offer a solution

‘The multi-factor nature of this asset class is precisely why it warrants a dedicated allocation,’ says William Blair’s Jason Stefanelli

How Ottawa's nation building agenda is reshaping infrastructure capital

Canada's nation-building agenda promises massive infrastructure investment, but experts believe the bottleneck lies in a lack of scalable, repeatable projects

GLP-1 drugs take a bite out of fast-food returns

Shrinking appetites, smaller tabs and shifting risks for restaurant-heavy portfolios

La Caisse awards $250 million mandate to Pembroke Management

Major capital commitment fuels Québec asset management sector

William Blair | Emerging Markets 2025: A Landscape of Opportunity?

Harnessing growth potential in complex markets Through Strategic Planning and Risk-Aware Investment Approaches in the year ahead

Emerging Markets 2024: Unlocking value in uneven terrain

Navigating the evolving landscape of emerging markets - Insights and projections from industry experts

The broadening of market leadership

We are now in an economic regime quite different from the decade following the global financial crisis