Expert Opinion

Q&A with Costco CFO Richard Galanti.

When employees can't pay for emergency expenses, they stress about money during working hours—which has ripple effects that impact not only their retirement savings, but also their ability to be productive.

How health insurers hide behind HIPAA to avoid sharing claims data with employers, while farming every imaginable fact about plan members as they bid for those employers' business.

The repayment obligations on foreign currency swaps and forwards are opaque yet present a very real systemic risk should U.S. dollars become difficult to source.

Some highly anticipated portions of the bill were removed, but the bill is still relevant for the self-funded community.

A strong dollar helps the U.S. reduce imported inflation, but it also could destabilize the global economy, which is still trying to come to grips with declining growth and high inflation.