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Capital Do-Tank Looks to Extend Investment Horizons…

18 March 2018 - Sarah Williamson, head of the Focusing Capital on the Long Term (FCLT), said the not-for-profit organisation was developing “some sort of scorecard” that would show whether the world was shifting its gaze beyond the short...

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Business Leaders Eye Steps Toward Long-Termism

7 March 2018 - More than 150 corporate, investment and regulatory leaders last week issued a call to action intended to help the markets take a less short-term perspective. The gathering in New York, which included BlackRock CEO Larry Fink,...

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Top Global CEOs Agree to Combat Short-Term Patterns in Business

1 March 2018 - Boston, MA, March 1st, 2018– FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit organization that advocates for a longer-term focus in business and investment decision-making, hosted its biennial Focusing Capital on the Long Term Summit on February 28th in New York City. The event...

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The New Normal: Transforming Quarterly Earnings Calls

22 February 2018 - The call itself followed the standard format of these highly scripted events. Vincent A. Forlenza, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, started the call by presenting an executive overview, which included an affirmation of the company’s...

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CPPIB Focuses Managers on Long-Term

14 February 2018 - But CPPIB still has about 10 per cent of its assets handled by external managers in public market exposures. This style of investment management is not typically associated with the long term, so how the...

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Mandate for Long-Term Change: Why Institutional Rules of Engagement Need a Rewrite

10 December 2017 - The Focusing Capital on the Long Term (FCLT) Global report released last week says the mandate rewrite would update a range of standard terms and conditions including fees, benchmarks and reporting to better align the...

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Asset Management Roundup: Link Fee Discounts to Long-Term Mandates

7 December 2017 - In a new report, FCLT Global, which advocates a long-term investment approach by pension funds and asset managers, provided 10 recommendations for setting up long-term investment mandates. The recommendations included replacing directly terminable contracts with five-year...

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Aligning Investor, Asset Manager Interests in the Pursuit of Long-Term Investment Success

6 December 2017 - The not-for-profit organization’s stated goal is to encourage investors, such as pension plans, to look at allocations through a longer-term lens. It brought together working groups of global institutional investors and asset managers to discuss...

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FCLTGlobal Publishes Proposal for Long-Term Institutional Investment Mandates

5 December 2017 - Boston, MA, December 5, 2017– FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit organization that advocates for a longer-term focus in business and investment decision-making, has released its newest publication which presents a long-term model for drafting investment management contracts between asset owners...

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A Guide to Long-Term Mandates

5 December 2017 - The FCLT paper, Institutional Investment Mandates: Anchors for Long Term Performance, includes a top-10 list of recommendations for long-term mandates that covers fees, benchmarks, the term of the contract and performance reporting. It gives investors...

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Beating Analysts’ Expectations or Simply Cooking the Books?

16 November 2017 - Earnings move markets. Last month, the Nasdaq enjoyed its biggest one-day gain in a year following blowout earnings from technology giants Amazon, Google and Microsoft. However, while earnings can highlight underlying economic trends, they can...

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