In the News
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,...
Strategy | Article
9 July 2019 - On 30 May, FCLTGlobal Members and guests met in Boston for a peer-to-peer discussion on managing risk to support long-term value creation. The Forum on Risk: A Balancing Act provided a venue for participants to exchange examples of multi-horizon risk management, including successes in practical applications and challenges with implementation.
Strategy | Video
9 July 2019 - An interview with with Rocky Ieraci and Steven Richards from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
Strategy | Video
9 July 2019 - An interview with with Fred Gjerstad from Washington State Investment Board.
In the News
1 July 2019 - FCLT Global, a non-profit organization led by institutional investors including BlackRock and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, has released new guidelines that aim to help allocators and asset managers become better long-term investors....
Policy | Toolkit
10 June 2019 - Effective stewardship codes help promote a mindset of shared ownership between investors and investees and are an important mechanism for investors to maximize long-term value creation. At the core of stewardship is deliberate monitoring and...
Policy | Toolkit
10 June 2019 - A good stewardship code helps clarify the responsibilities of institutional investors, laying out core principles to foster a shared understanding among stakeholders including regulators, investors, and investees. To ensure that stewardship codes put primary emphasis on...
Policy | Toolkit
10 June 2019 - Stewardship codes can help investors articulate their guiding principles and enhance long-term value creation for beneficiaries. Increasingly, asset owners and asset managers alike are dedicating real resources to implementing stewardship codes — including the central...
In the News
5 June 2019 - Apple’s share price tumbled, bringing the rest of the market temporarily down with it. But that forecast Apple missed, known on Wall Street as quarterly “guidance,” is falling out of favor among many corporations, with...
Article
4 June 2019 - The expertise and rich experience of FCLTGlobal’s researchers is part of what makes our work unique and incisive. A prime example is Senior Research Fellow Bruce Shaw, the former CFO of Holly Corporation (later President of...
Incentive Alignment | Video
29 May 2019 - Institutional investment mandates constitute a mutual mechanism to align the asset managers’ behaviors with the asset owners’ objectives. These contracts define the relationships between asset owners and asset managers and play a crucial role in ensuring the success of these relationships over time.