At FCLT Summit 2025, business and investment leaders developed practical solutions for creating long-term value amid unprecedented structural shifts in global capital markets.
At FCLT Summit 2025, business and investment leaders developed practical solutions for creating long-term value amid unprecedented structural shifts in global capital markets.
The global business and investment communities continue to navigate extraordinary structural shifts. Artificial intelligence fundamentally alters productivity and the labor force, while geopolitical realignment reshapes capital flows, and the energy transition demands unprecedented resource reallocation. These forces demand patient capital and strategic vision, yet our research confirms that investment horizons continue to contract across the global value chain.
Within that context, we strive to make capital markets work for those who rely on them by keeping our eyes on long-term value creation. At FCLT Summit 2025, leaders addressed several distinct challenges: strengthening the dynamic between companies and the investors that own their shares, incorporating future climate costs into current capital allocation decisions, transforming proxy systems into a useful channel for investor-corporate dialogue, and how turbulent geopolitics, the ongoing energy transition, and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence are reshaping global capital flows.
The ideas raised in our discussions aren’t theoretical concepts but practical suggestions ready for action. Our research consistently demonstrates that organizations that maintain strategic focus during disruption outperform those that retreat to short-term thinking. The solutions developed during the summit provide potential pathways for putting these perspectives into practice.
This report captures the insights that emerged from our discussions. We invite you to read our summary and consider how these takeaways might strengthen your organization’s approach to creating long-term value. I appreciate your support for FCLTGlobal’s mission and your continued partnership in building capital markets that serve savers and communities.
Governance, Policy and Geopolitics | Report
7 March 2024 - The annual FCLT Summit, held on 28 February 2024, brought together FCLTGlobal members and friends to map out the next steps in our shared mission to focus capital on the long term to support a sustainable and prosperous economy.
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14 April 2020 - FCLTSummit was a full-day event that gathers leading global investors and CEOs to drive the creation of long-term value for investors and savers, and companies and communities.
