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We conduct original research on the causes of short-term business decisions and work to find practical solutions.
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27 December 2019 - Research using metrics important to long-term corporate value and profitability indicate that these divergent IPO paths should not have been a surprise.
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10 November 2019 - Too many fund managers insist they're in for the long haul. These four factors can help reveal if that's true.
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4 November 2019 - As a significant investor in hair salon operator Regis Corp., board member Daniel Beltzman was often asked to speak “on behalf of shareholders,” he says.
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4 November 2019 - “Everyone wants to be long-term in their thinking, but they all feel that they are getting pressure from ‘the other guy’, whoever that is,” Sarah Williamson said last week on a visit to Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.
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31 October 2019 - Asset managers that offer employees ownership stakes are likely to have stronger returns than peers that don't according to a study by nonprofit group FCLTGlobal.
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29 October 2019 - Daily business news and economic stories from Marketplace
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22 October 2019 - Tesla reports its earnings after the market close on Oct. 23. Tesla stock will jump based on whether it meets analysts’ expectations. This is usually based on metrics like deliveries, profitability or projected production.
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11 October 2019 - Maker of denim jeans insists it only wants investors focused on the long term
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30 September 2019 - There may be a way to predict which asset management firms will actually deliver over the long term. FCLTGlobal — an advocacy group for long-termism led by entities including BlackRock and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board — on Monday published a report identifying behaviors which it says can predict long-term success for asset managers, asset owners, and public companies. The study included large, publicly traded companies featured in MSCI’s all-country index; asset managers representing $45.6 trillion under management; and nearly 200 pension and sovereign wealth...
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19 September 2019 - American corporations often focus on quarterly earnings or short-term stock movements, but the real goal for long-term value creation is to build a business that can be a reliable source of growth for all stakeholders — customers, employees, communities and investors.
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19 July 2019 - “That would really bother me,” Clayton told an SEC round table that zeroed in on complaints a short-term focus has surged in public companies while a long-term emphasis has waned to the detriment of retail investors. The regulator’s chief said the cost of SEC-mandated short-term, quarterly reports has discouraged companies from going public.
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16 July 2019 - A growing body of research confirms that companies managed under a long-term strategic business plan substantially outperform their short-term peers over time. In addition, the primary referees of corporate law in the United States, the Delaware judiciary, are signaling a readiness to confirm there is a fiduciary duty for corporate directors to consider strategic business planning focused on sustainable long-term success.