Resources
We conduct original research on the causes of short-term business decisions and work to find practical solutions.
Innovation, Governance, Investor-Corporate Engagement | Article
13 October 2020 - As summarized in Funding the Future: Investing in Long-Horizon Innovation1, returns to successful R&D are often significant and can be transformational for an organization. However, R&D spending (especially long-horizon R&D project spending) tends to be among the first places management teams cut when faced with short-term financial pressures. While companies can make a variety of changes across their strategy, governance, engagement, and incentive plans to combat this short-term behavior, investors, too, have a significant role to play in encouraging a more balanced approach to R&D...
Investor-Corporate Engagement | Article
9 October 2020 - On 24 September, FCLTGlobal hosted the Forum on Engagement, a conversation led by a panel of six investment and investor relations experts, to consider these questions and discuss the implications of shifting engagement practices for long-term value creation.
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25 September 2020 - Globally, companies have increasingly favored buybacks over the past two decades, so much so that they have nearly surpassed dividends as the most utilized means for companies to return capital to their shareholders.
Incentive Alignment | Article
27 August 2020 - Some long-term investors are ready for companies to depart from the pay-for-performance status quo, but the jury is still out on the method that many of them are considering as a replacement.
Investor Risk and Responsibilities | Article, Video
24 August 2020 - A panel of global investors discusses market recovery and planning for volatility.
Governance, Incentive Alignment | Article
17 August 2020 - FCLTGlobal researchers sat down with MIT Senior Lecturer Robert Pozen to discuss potential ways to implement a change in corporate pay.
Incentive Alignment | Article
28 July 2020 - FCLTGlobal will research new ways in which short-term, status-quo compensation practices can be restructured to enhance long-term value creation.
In the News, Article
27 July 2020 - Rather than worrying about addressing near-term compensation shortfalls, compensation committees can use long-term incentives to keep executives focused on their business’ long-term strategy.
Investor-Corporate Engagement, Metrics | Article
22 July 2020 - Investors want standardized reporting of sustainability and other non-traditional metrics. What will that look like on a global scale?
Investor-Corporate Engagement, Metrics | Video, Article
23 June 2020 -
Governance | Article
1 June 2020 - FCLTGlobal hosted virtual roundtable discussions for Members to discuss how to effectively manage their organizations in the face of the global coronavirus pandemic. The current situation has accelerated the arrival and impact of many long-term trends and tested the resilience of all organizations.
Investor Risk and Responsibilities | Article
26 May 2020 - This article originally appeared on investmentreview.com. “Trustee directors need risk information in order to fully govern and oversee their organization in a long-term manner. The way the information often is communicated though involves risk professionals presenting at a board meeting to the trustee directors and those presentations can be very powerful, very technical, but sometimes difficult to understand.” FCLTGlobal’s research has found individuals don’t want to admit when they don’t understand something — a behavioral tendency known as self-preservation bias. And when people don’t ask questions, it...