Sentences with phrase «against a benchmark such»

Not exact matches

Willy Schlacks told me that he sees an even bigger opportunity in more advanced analytics, such as using predictive analysis to lower maintenance costs, using drones to monitor entire construction sites and aggregating data so that contractors can measure their performance against industry benchmarks.

Websites such as BizBuySell.com offer tools to enable you to conduct quick and easy business valuations by benchmarking the business you want to buy against businesses in the same industry.

Against the backdrop of a slowdown in economic growth, the People's Bank of China cut its benchmark policy rates on 21 November after local markets had closed - the first such move since July 2012.

«This is because institutions such as the Future Fund can now use tools that assess an active stock picker not just against the benchmark, but against factors that are easily and cheaply replicable.

Historically, such widespread unrest would have caused global oil prices to march higher, but instead of rising against the backdrop of heightened geopolitical risks, Brent, the global price benchmark, has recently sunk below $ 100 a barrel.

The usual assertions are (1) that this kind of religion is today on the defensive; (2) that the defensive posture is occasioned by the flourishing of «conservative churches» (although the alleged liberal enervation is also seen in more autonomous terms); (3) that the growth in religious conservatism and conservative churches is itself the result of widespread reaction against «secular humanist» values and against those who hold such values; (4) that our society as a whole has been experiencing a breakdown in moral consensus, a loss of moral coherence somehow connected with a decline in oldline Protestant dominance; and (5) that some or all of these happenings have been quite sudden, so that the early 1960s can be taken as a kind of benchmark — as a time before the fall.

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Schools can opt to engage in them for benchmarking against other schools, but this does not result in publically available «leagues tables» such as those associated with the MySchool website information required of Australian schools.

The Korean automaker is aiming to «define the benchmark» for the mid-sized family sedan segment, which isn't easy when you're going up against such strong sellers as the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry.

As such, these portfolios will be benchmarked against the S&P 500 Index rather than the S&P / TSX Composite Index (which is a measure of the Canadian stock market).

«This is because institutions such as the Future Fund can now use tools that assess an active stock picker not just against the benchmark, but against factors that are easily and cheaply replicable.

Hedge funds which benchmark against an index such as the S&P 500 and can go anywhere, invest in bonds, loans, distressed debt, currency, etc is not what the Prof is talking about and hence, perhaps, some of the confusion surrounding returns on an index and the word «collectively».

A caplet is designed to provide a hedge against a rise in the benchmark interest rate, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), for a stated period.

A typical investment policy would see Canadian equity managers limited to Canadian equities benchmarked against the S&P TSX index and foreign equity managers managing foreign portfolios against foreign equity benchmarks such as the EAFE or S&P 500 indices.

The performance of the «core» portion can be compared against a benchmark as an objective indication of the availability of returns, such as the ASX 200 Accumulation index or the S&P 500 Total Return index.

So using the criteria of «noticeable» climate change that would affect humanity and nature, that can be reasonably validated against the benchmark of the 1920 - 40 period by such records as instrumental and crop, or observations, and as being of a duration of at least one decade, we have some 15 decadal episodes of «noticeable» climate change, (up and down) between1538 and 2012.

Benchmarking of a law firm can be done by selecting up to eight firms to compare it against, or by selecting a specific list, such as the Am Law 100.

They have «long experience advising on white - collar criminal matters, such as alleged tax frauds and benchmark rate manipulation» and a «Significant record of acting on criminal insider dealing proceedings against the FCA.»

This would lead to the vicious circle that such acts would have to be assessed against the benchmark of a principle whose content is exactly that given to it by the implementing act itself (para 69).

Second, the Court disregards the suggestion of the Advocate General to see Article 9 (3) Aarhus Convention as a «mixed provision» and to allow review of EU secondary legislation against the benchmark of the clearly identifiable content of such a provision.

Clyde & Co has assisted local regulators in benchmarking their insurance laws and regulations against equivalent laws and regulations in numerous other jurisdictions, and also against international best practice set out by organisations such as the International Association of Insurance Supervisors.