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An Interview with Ronald O’Hanley: President and Chief Executive Officer of SSgA

17 October 2017 - FCLTGlobal’s Sarah Williamson, CEO, and Matthew Leatherman, Director of Research, recently sat down with Ronald O’Hanley to discuss the importance of long-term investing and the role of the board in affecting long-term change. Ronald O’Hanley is...

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FCLTGlobal Member Events in Singapore, London

17 October 2017 - Over the past few weeks, FCLTGlobal and several of its Members met at forums in both London and Singapore that underscored the rising importance of long-term decision making to managers and investors internationally, and the...

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The False Prophet of ‘Long-Term Investing’

12 October 2017 - A decade to the day since the precrisis peak of U.S. stocks, it has become easier and easier for investors to take a long-term view. Those who bought on the day the S&P 500 hit...

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An Introduction to FCLTGlobal

25 September 2017 - CEO Sarah Williamson discusses FCLTGlobal's achievements and future plans. From GIC Insights 2017.

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Sarah Williamson on Ending Quarterly Guidance

25 September 2017 - CEO Sarah Williamson shares her thoughts on quarterly guidance and companies' and investors' on going focus on quarterly results.

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FCLTGlobal’s First Year: Extensive Activity Laying the Foundation

18 August 2017 - Over the past year, we have built on the work of the Focusing Capital on the Long Term Initiative to create a fully functional not-for-profit organization with an ambitious research agenda that is well underway. It has...

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Biden Institute Speaker Series: How Taking the Long View Works for Business and the Middle Class

17 August 2017 - This panel discussion was the first official event of the Biden Institute, which was established to pair the former vice president’s long-time work in domestic policy issues with UD’s interdisciplinary strengths in public policy education and research.

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Focusing Capital on the Long Term

15 August 2017 - Are markets and company boards too focused on the short-term? How should the weaknesses of corporate governance along the investment chain be addressed?

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An Interview with Theresa Whitmarsh: Executive Director of WSIB

2 August 2017 - Matthew Leatherman, Director of Research at FCLTGlobal, speaks to Theresa Whitmarsh about her commitment to longer horizon investing, corporate governance and the importance of being challenged by your board. Theresa Whitmarsh is Executive Director of the Washington State Investment Board,...

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Recap: Creating a Long-Term Investment Environment: Schroders and FCLTGlobal

28 July 2017 - Schroders and FCLTGlobal recently hosted a discussion with leaders from across the investment management industry to discuss how to create a better long-term investment environment in Europe.

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Can Companies be Persuaded to Think Long Term?

8 June 2017 - In a 2011 article, McKinsey & Company chief Dominic Barton called on his global counterparts to adopt a longer-term approach to business planning in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Two years later,...

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Four Questions with FCLT

7 June 2017 - Sarah Williamson, CEO of not-for-profit initiative Focusing Capital on the Long Term, explains why quarterly guidance should be abolished and how IROs can get insightful feedback from investors....

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