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We conduct original research on the causes of short-term business decisions and work to find practical solutions.
Investor-Corporate Engagement | Press Release
24 October 2017 - Boston, MA, October 24, 2017– FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit organization that works to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision-making, today published a report, Moving Beyond Quarterly Guidance: A Relic of the Past, calling...
Investor-Corporate Engagement | Report
23 October 2017 - Since 2005, research has consistently found that the vast majority of corporate executives think that short-term pressure is growing, that it is changing their business decisions, and that those changes are destroying value. One effective...
Article
17 October 2017 - FCLTGlobal’s Sarah Williamson, CEO, and Matthew Leatherman, Director of Research, recently sat down with Ronald O’Hanley to discuss the importance of long-term investing and the role of the board in affecting long-term change. Ronald O’Hanley is...
Article
17 October 2017 - Over the past few weeks, FCLTGlobal and several of its Members met at forums in both London and Singapore that underscored the rising importance of long-term decision making to managers and investors internationally, and the...
In the News
12 October 2017 - A decade to the day since the precrisis peak of U.S. stocks, it has become easier and easier for investors to take a long-term view. Those who bought on the day the S&P 500 hit...
Video
25 September 2017 - CEO Sarah Williamson discusses FCLTGlobal's achievements and future plans. From GIC Insights 2017.
Strategy | Video
25 September 2017 - CEO Sarah Williamson shares her thoughts on quarterly guidance and companies' and investors' on going focus on quarterly results.
Article
18 August 2017 - Over the past year, we have built on the work of the Focusing Capital on the Long Term Initiative to create a fully functional not-for-profit organization with an ambitious research agenda that is well underway. It has...
Policy | Video
17 August 2017 - This panel discussion was the first official event of the Biden Institute, which was established to pair the former vice president’s long-time work in domestic policy issues with UD’s interdisciplinary strengths in public policy education and research.
Governance | Video
15 August 2017 - Are markets and company boards too focused on the short-term? How should the weaknesses of corporate governance along the investment chain be addressed?