Resources
We conduct original research on the causes of short-term business decisions and work to find practical solutions.
Video
10 February 2021 - Forthcoming research examines societal income distribution in the statistical sense – such as its volatility, skewness, and kurtosis – and relates it to the macro risk distribution faced by investors. This analysis tests the hypothesis that investors’ efforts to reduce volatility reallocates it to individuals in the form of income volatility, and raises the question - Are investors’ risk management practices contributing to inequality?
In the News
4 February 2021 - The recommendation that public corporations disclose their plans for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 should be embraced by companies and investors as well as pragmatically implemented by regulators globally, write Jay Clayton and Mark Wiseman.
Strategy | Article
1 February 2021 - Through the second phase of our risk research, FCLTGlobal hopes to learn from members why implementation is not happening, what is needed to increase it, as well as to draft a list of hypothetical tools to change behavior.
Investor-Corporate Engagement | Article
28 January 2021 - Recent, real-world cases illustrate how external expectations can shape and alter investors' responsibilities
Strategy | Article
25 January 2021 - In a decade-long low interest rate environment, riskier asset classes have seen accelerated asset gathering as savers chase yield.
Podcast
25 January 2021 - Mark Machin (CPP Investments) joins the podcast to discuss why Canada’s pension plan places such a high priority on its long-term strategy. Machin and host Sarah Williamson go in-depth on the current state of climate...
In the News
22 January 2021 - Sarah Keohane Williamson, FCLTGlobal CEO joins Yahoo Finance Live to break down how companies can navigate volatile markets in 2021 and weigh in on the advantages of companies investing in ESG.
In the News
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Press Release
19 January 2021 - Boston, MA, 19 January 2021 – FCLTGlobal, a non-profit organization that develops research and tools that encourage long-term business and investing, announced today that Ronald Wuijster (CEO, APG Asset Management) has joined its board of directors. APG Asset Management,...
Video
14 January 2021 - “Time diversification” is a principle that an investor’s statistical probability of loss decreases as the holding period increases. Long-term investors may overinterpret this statistical principle to indicate that risk in all of its forms is lower. In fact, longer holding periods also expose investors to a greater scale of potential losses and to more experience with turbulence. Our September webinar introduced the way in which these patterns have implications for diversification and asset allocation, and the implications also extend significantly to the way in which long-term investors define and estimate risk.
