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Metrics | Press Release

CEOs identify metrics, compensation as top drivers of long-term thinking

6 March 2020 - FCLTGlobal’s third Summit brings together top companies and investors

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CPP Investments CEO Mark Machin Appointed Board Chair of FCLTGlobal

21 January 2020 - Machin will assume the chairmanship after serving on FCLTGlobal’s board since the organization’s founding in 2016.

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FCLTGlobal Appoints New Board Directors and Strategic Advisors

2 January 2020 - FCLTGlobal announced the newest members of its Board of Directors, including Adena Friedman (Nasdaq), David Neal (FutureFund), and Lei Zhang (Hillhouse).

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Governance | Press Release

New Report Recommends Strategies for CFOs to Create Long-term Value

19 December 2019 - The report, Building Long-term Value: A Blueprint for CFOs, focuses on highlights key pressures and obstacles that CFOs encounter, considers the CFO’s unique role as a fulcrum for long-term behavior, and assesses the CFO’s intrinsic long-term focus.

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Predicting Success

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Report Finds that Companies are More Short-Sighted Than Before the Financial Crisis

30 September 2019 -   Boston, MA, 30 September 2019 – FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit organization that advocates for a longer-term focus in business and investment, released today a report that identifies the key predictors of long-term success for global companies and investors. The report, Predicting Long-term Success for Companies and Investors Worldwide, focuses on predictors of long-term value creation grounded in global data going back over time. These measurements look at the three primary actors along the global investment value chain: corporations, asset managers, and asset owners. Among the main findings...

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Policy and Geopolitics | Article, Press Release

Business Roundtable’s Statement of Corporate Purpose Prioritizes Long-Term Value Creation

19 August 2019 - FCLTGlobal commends the Business Roundtable and all 181 CEOs that have signed on to today’s Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation. Research shows that creating long-term value is a critical part of a chief executive’s role, for a company’s shareholders but also for the many other stakeholders in its investment value chain – employees, customers, or the community in which it operates. It is important to clarify this responsibility, especially in a rapidly evolving global economy where businesses are looking for new ways to...

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Governance | Press Release

FCLTGlobal Identifies Effective Habits of Long-Term Corporate Directors

2 April 2019 - Boston, MA, April 2, 2019 — FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit organization that advocates for a longer-term focus in business and investment decision-making, is releasing a new whitepaper; Long-term Habits of a Highly Successful Corporate Board,which identifies proven steps corporate directors can take if they aim to be long-term leaders of corporate success. This includes: A heavier focus on strategic counsel, relative to other issues Purchasing and holding company stock through and beyond their tenure. Increased direct communication with the company’s long-term shareholder base. Ensuring the board is comprised of a diverse group of directors, with...

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FCLTGlobal Publishes List of Key Elements for Long-Term Corporate Planning

25 February 2019 -   Boston, MA, 26 February 2019 – FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit organization that advocates for a longer-term focus in business and investment decision-making, published today its latest report on corporate investor communications practices. Driving the Conversation: Long-term roadmaps for long-term success makes the case for companies to share more robust long-term plans, or “roadmaps”, with their investor base rather than issue the quarterly guidance statements that perpetuate a short-term ideology. The new report outlines key elements that companies can include in a roadmap to their shareholders in order to build consensus. This...

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FCLTGlobal Publishes Study on the Benefits of Public Markets

1 February 2019 -   Boston, MA, 31 January 2019 – FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit organization that advocates for a longer-term focus in business and investment decision-making, has released a new report highlighting the benefits of public markets on long-term value creation. The report, Public Markets for the Long Term: How Successful Listed Companies Thrive, explores the rise of private capital and the presence of these markets alongside traditional public markets. Today, private capital stands at record levels and the success of venture capital-funded unicorns suggests to some that public markets are outdated. A closer...

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FCLTGlobal Report Presents New Approaches for Multi-Horizon Investing

9 January 2019 -   Boston, MA, 9 Jan 2018 – FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit organization that encourages a longer-term focus in business and investment decision-making, has released its newest publication, Balancing Act: Managing Risk across Multiple Time Horizons, which proposes new approaches for asset owners to manage investment risk across multiple time frames. Long-term funds, such as pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, and endowments manage their portfolios decades or more into the future. They are also required to meet expectations in the near term in order to continue with their investment strategy and...

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FCLTGlobal Appoints New Members to Board of Directors

2 January 2019 - Boston, MA, 2 January 2019 – FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit organization that works to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision-making, is pleased to announce the addition of six new members to our Board of Directors. The following executives joined the board effective January 1, 2019: Vijay Advani, CEO, Nuveen Investments Inc Leni Boeren, CEO, Kempen Capital Management Peter Harrison, Group Chief Executive, Schroders Geraldine Matchett, CFO, DSM Kevin Sneader, Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company Howard Ungerleider, President and Chief Financial Officer of Dow, and Chief Financial Officer of DowDuPont All six of the...

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Sarah Williamson leads WEF Global Future Council on Long-Term Investing

13 November 2018 - Boston, MA, 13 November 2018 – On Monday in Dubai, FCLTGlobal CEO Sarah Williamson co-chaired the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Long-term Investing at the group’s Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils. The group met over the course of the two-day conference to discuss current global business trends and how to integrate practices that can rewire capital markets toward a longer-term investment philosophy. Also co-chairing the was Alison Tarditi, Chief Investment Officer of Australia’s Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. The World Economic Forum’s Global Future Councils are an...

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