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Mark Machin becomes new chairman of FCLTGlobal

mschmit — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:40:30 +0000

FCLTGlobal, a not-for-profit institute focused on developing research and tools to encourage long-term investing, is appointing Mark Machin, chief executive officer of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, as its new chair of the board of directors. He takes on the role following the resignation of Mark Wiseman, the former CEO of the CPPIB, who […]

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A look at designing and implementing long-term pension investment mandates

mschmit — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 06:13:24 +0000

With any pension investment, plan sponsors must follow the same steps: set a policy, select asset managers and ensure strong governance, monitoring and evaluation. Pension funds can take additional steps to better embed long-term principles throughout the entire investment cycle, according to a working paper by Alfred Slager, a professor of pension fund management at […]

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What looking back on the history of an index tells investors

mschmit — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 05:13:18 +0000

Indexes have been around for decades, but what does all of that accumulated data actually tell investors? The Russell 3000 index, which was created in 1984, captures approximately 98 per cent of U.S. traded equities. In order to fully replicate the U.S. market, an index would need to hold around 1000 more stocks, many of […]

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Long-term stock exchange hopes to bring together long-term companies and long-term investors

mschmit — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 04:34:18 +0000

In a world of volatility, where pension investors are in it for the long haul, could a stock exchange focused on the long term be helpful? The people behind the recently proposed Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE) think so. In November the LTSE filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to create a […]

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The Death of Long-Term Investing

mschmit — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:02:38 +0000

Long horizon investments decreasing.

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