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What a tax on stock buybacks would, and wouldn’t, mean for the bull market

8 October 2021 - President Biden’s spending plan could lead to a tax on stock buybacks, with a Senate plan to add a 2% excise tax potentially raising as much as $100 billion over a decade.

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Why Investors Are Skeptical About All Those Big Corporate Climate Pledges

4 October 2021 - On the face of it, climate commitments set the stage for capital to be deployed at scale to decarbonize the global economy. Yet the reality has proved to be more complicated.

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Winner of major Baillie Gifford prize named after Scottish economist Adam Smith’s final Edinburgh home revealed

16 August 2021 - A major prize funded by Edinburgh-based investment firm Baillie Gifford aimed at finding the next Tesla, Amazon or pharmaceutical star has been awarded to US-based researchers.

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Entrenched risk-management practices will yield to climate trends

12 August 2021 - Antiquated risk management practices will be forced to evolve to accommodate climate risks. By estimating the future instead of just measuring the past, risk managers will own the beliefs and strategies that underpin their projections researchers at FCLTGlobal predict.

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John Graham, CEO of CPP Investments, Joins FCLTGlobal Board of Directors

8 July 2021 - Graham was appointed President & CEO of CPP Investments in February 2021 and is responsible for leading its investment activities.

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Mandate terms are key to overcoming short-termism

1 July 2021 - “The first step towards a more effective monitoring approach is to recognise that short-term performance data are at best a weak indicator of success for strategies with long-term objectives”

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Mastercard partners with FCLTGlobal

24 June 2021 - Mastercard joins on as a member of the Boston-based non-profit research institute.

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Eliminating the costs of disruption

21 June 2021 - Institutional investors face a rapid and evolving set of responsibilities that can severely impact their ability to focus and fulfill on their long-term strategy if not dealt with in a process-driven way. FCLTGlobal has released a guide for investors, Ripples of Responsibility, to specifically provide procedures around those responsibilities and gives investors tools to understand and fulfill on these responsibilities.

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Bain Capital Joins Long-Term Investing Group FCLTGlobal

5 May 2021 - Bain Capital, one of the world’s leading private investment firms, today announced its membership with FCLTGlobal, a Boston-based nonprofit organization for leading companies and investors committed to lasting, impactful strategies across the global investment value chain.  Bain Capital joins FCLTGlobal’s member network of more than 60 leading investors and companies who are committed to furthering the organization’s mission of increasing long-term investment strategies to foster a more sustainable global economy. Founded in 2016 by CPP Investments, McKinsey & Co., BlackRock, Dow, and Tata Sons, FCLTGlobal aims...

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Theresa Whitmarsh Appointed Board Chair of FCLTGlobal

8 April 2021 - Whitmarsh is Executive Director of the Washington State Investment Board, one of the United States’ leading institutional investors, managing over $165 billion of state pension, insurance, and other public trust assets.

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COVID-19 Canceled Quarterly Guidance – This Bad Habit Shouldn’t Come Back

8 April 2021 - Companies that provide more frequent and regular guidance often experience higher volatility during earnings season, as short-term investors speculate on forthcoming results.

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