However, the experience of the last years has shown that institutional investors and asset managers often do not engage with companies in which they hold shares and evidence shows that capital markets often exert pressure on companies to perform in the short term, which may jeopardise the long-term financial and non-financial performance of companies and may, among other negative consequences, lead to a suboptimal level of investments, for example in research and development, to the detriment of the long-term performance of both the companies and the investors.
Tá léirithe ag taithí le blianta anuas, áfach, gur minic nach ndéileálann infheisteoirí institiúideacha agus bainisteoirí sócmhainne le cuideachtaí ina bhfuil scaireanna acu agus léiríonn an fhianaise go gcuireann margaí caipitil brú go minic ar chuideachtaí feidhmiú sa ghearrthéarma, rud a d’fhéadfadh feidhmíocht fhadtéarmach airgeadais agus neamhairgeadais cuideachtaí a chur i mbaol agus a d’fhéadfadh a bheith ina chúis, i measc iarmhairtí diúltacha eile, le leibhéal fo-optamach infheistíochtaí, mar shampla i dtaighde agus i bhforbairt chun aimhleasa fheidhmíocht fhadtéarmach na gcuideachtaí agus an infheisteora araon.