Attendance at CII’s spring meeting at the Salamander Hotel in Washington, D.C., March 6-8, returned to pre-pandemic levels, with more than 500 CII members gathering to hear insightful speakers discuss timely topics ranging from trends in the global markets to the future of work.

This year, BlackRock Chair & CEO Larry Fink issued one letter to all investors, instead of his usual separate letters to CEOs and shareholders.

An increase in the proportion of long-term shareholders is associated with greater returns on invested capital (ROIC), higher allocations to research and capital expenditures and less quarterly guidance geared toward short-term financial metrics, finds Unlocking Value by Targeting Long-term Shareholders, a new report by Focusing Capital on the Long-Term (FCLTGlobal).