Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

No one has done more to spotlight the contrast than Laurence Fink, the CEO of BlackRock. As head of the world’s largest asset manager, with $4.6 trillion in holdings, Fink in February sent a letter to the CEOs of all S&P 500 companies that essentially cut the Gordian knot of short-termism. ” Many did.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term CFO Wiseman 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2018

But we now have some evidence about how to scale nudges to help change this. Savings provide a major flow of capital to financial institutions, and enable consumers to purchase large assets, manage unexpected expenses, and prepare for retirement. We see two takeaways for CEOs, managers, and impact investors.

Banking 8

Banking Finance Asset Management Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

How is it that sharp-toothed activists are becoming advocates of long-term sustainable investing? The market size for responsible investment is large and growing, with some of the largest asset managers like BlackRock , State Street Global Advisors , and Vanguard responding to demand by opening ESG-themed funds in recent years.

Hedge 9

Hedge Long-term Short-term Letter 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Many universities will figure out how to thrive under a new world order, but there are not-so-quiet alarm bells that suggest many will not. But if you go to the operational side of the institution, they feel investing capital is the business of their money managers, so they in turn pass the buck or avoid the decision entirely.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I had been preparing a client presentation with several of my colleagues at our asset management firm. We need to learn how to harness the power of digital surveillance as a benign force. Ethics IT management Technology'

EPM 8

EPM Root Cause Analysis Handbook Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

I was meeting with a client last week, the CEO of a global asset management firm. I was happy to hear him respond that he wanted to do exactly that — and I wasn’t surprised to hear him say that he didn’t know how to begin.

Organization 8

Organization How To Cialdini Schein 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

Each year, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, sends a much-anticipated letter to leading CEOs. Employees in defined contribution plans often do not have significant investing expertise and earn rates of return that are substantially below professionally managed pension plans. Phil Ashley/Getty Images.

Asset Management 10

Asset Management Crisis Cost Planning 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Some parts of the agenda — eco-efficiency and resource conservation for example — are widely accepted now, and it's rare to find a big-company CEO who doesn't have sustainability on his or her radar. In his November newsletter , he demonstrated exactly how much of a drag on the U.S. economy commodity prices have become.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10