Resources
We conduct original research on the causes of short-term business decisions and work to find practical solutions.
Governance | Article
20 April 2021 - For public companies, more diverse boards of directors are correlated with significant long-term value. The same can be true for private companies. What role can GPs and LPs play in driving change?
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13 April 2021 - In rethinking retirement for the 21st century, there is a critical need to provide a simple way for individuals to succeed at building retirement savings, particularly in light of the challenges posed by aging populations.
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30 March 2021 - On March 24th, 2021, FCLTGlobal led a risk focus group alongside Alison Taylor and Brian Harward, a team of behavioral scientists from Ethical Systems, an in-house think tank at NYU’s Stern School of Business. The conversation brought together subject matter experts and decision makers with the aim of both understanding why long-term investors default to short-term measurement methods and identifying barriers that prevent them from better aligning risk with their investment horizons.
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23 March 2021 - Data from FCLTCompass shows that savers in China have among the shortest-term allocations in the world
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Strategy | Article
4 March 2021 - By Ariel Babcock There is ample evidence that taking a long-term approach delivers superior value for companies over time. From 2001 to 2014, the revenue of long-term firms cumulatively grew, on average, 47 percent more than...
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Strategy | Article
2 March 2021 - Focusing capital on long-term climate solutions via investment portfolio construction
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Strategy | Article
25 February 2021 - Evaluating whether market reactions reflect the value of a corporate net-zero commitment in the short, medium, and long term
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24 February 2021 - Retirement is one of the key long-term financial compacts we make as a society. It requires coordination among three major groups of stakeholders – governments, businesses, and individual savers – and a dedication to a true long-horizon perspective, saving for a future that is often decades away.
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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.
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Investor-Corporate Engagement | Article
28 January 2021 - Recent, real-world cases illustrate how external expectations can shape and alter investors' responsibilities
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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.
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Strategy | Article
11 January 2021 - By Allen He As noted in Funding the Future: Investing in Long-Horizon Innovation, it can sometimes be shrewd for investors to consider their portfolio companies’ research and development (R&D) pipelines as a series of options. Doing...
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