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21 January 2016 - The S&P Long-Term Value Creation (LTVC) Global Index comprises firms that have, according to the index provider, a proven ability to manage the long-term economic and governance opportunities in the market, based on analysis provided...
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18 September 2015 - A group of corporate and investment leaders convened in Santiago, São Paulo, and Singapore to discuss the roadmap for focusing capital on the long term, identify how short-termism manifests itself in particular economies and solicit ideas for...
Governance | Report
5 June 2015 - Canadian directors believe they have a responsibility to address short‐termism. Many believe there are specific actions they should be taking on their respective boards. Such are the results of a recent survey of the members...
Strategy | Report
23 March 2015 - In a recent survey of public and private pension plans and sovereign-wealth fund managers, respondents overwhelmingly agreed that while the ability to invest long term is an advantage, they do not necessarily have an effective set of implementation strategies/tools to help them realize their aspirations to be long term.
Investor-Corporate Engagement | Report
16 March 2015 - Short-term behavior is becoming the norm in modern capital markets. Rather than pursuing and communicating long-term strategies, many public companies dedicate significant resources to meeting quarterly earnings guidance and communicating their performance relative to this...
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10 March 2015 - On March 10, 2015 more than 120 senior global leaders from all parts of the investment value chain, including asset owners, asset managers, corporate boards, management and policymakers, gathered at the Long-Term Value Summit in...
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10 March 2015 - Insights from FCLT's Long-Term Value Summit, where more than 120 senior global leaders from all parts of the investment value chain, including asset owners, asset managers, corporate boards and management, met in New York in March 2015.
Strategy | Report
1 March 2015 - Asset owners, asset managers, corporate directors, and managers have the ability to unlock system-wide change, yet today too many of these individuals are the source of short-term pressure. An ideal market will always include a...
Governance | Report
2 February 2015 - Boards aren’t working. It’s been more than a decade since the first wave of post-Enron regulatory reforms, and despite a host of guidelines from independent watchdogs such as the International Corporate Governance Network, most boards...
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1 January 2015 - The short-term thinking that pervades our boardrooms, our executive suites, and our financial markets has been spreading for years, slowly impeding the ability of companies to make the kinds of bold investments in the future...
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1 February 2014 - Since the 2008 financial crisis and the onset of the Great Recession, a growing chorus of voices has urged the United States and other economies to move away from their focus on “quarterly capitalism” and...
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23 January 2014 - The pressure on business leaders to deliver financial results in the short term has increased considerably since the economic crisis, according to a survey jointly commissioned by McKinsey & Company and Canada Pension Plan Investment...