If you measure the performance of one category of investment
against the benchmark of another, you may not have the best information.
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.
While Mr Laboubi and the union had thus no subjective right under Article 27, the implementing acts of the principle enshrined in Article 27 could thus be assessed
against the benchmark of the concretised principle of Article 27 — leading potentially to a finding of incompatibility and thus inapplicability of Article 1111 - 3 Code du travail.
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).
The Court's approach has the awkward result that it denies even the possibility to review EU legislation
against the benchmark of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention... on access to justice.
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.
One may already stop here to wonder whether the EFTA Court is not making its life too easy speaking of an interpretation of EEA law «in the light» of fundamental rights in the present case; a more thorough reasoning would have had to grapple with the scope of EEA law in the case: Only if Iceland was acting effectively within the scope of EEA law here the fundamental rights standards of EEA law apply under the EFTA Court's supervision; otherwise one could argue that the Supreme Court of Iceland's action ought to be judged
against the benchmark of domestic fundamental rights and ECHR standards (compare the rich debate on the parallel problem in EU law which focuses on Article 51 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights).
Consequently, the Court found that the General Court had erred in reviewing the Aarhus Regulation
against the benchmark of Article 9 (3) of the Convention.
Now the Court seems to be additionally tightening the conditions of the latter line so that review of EU law
against the benchmark of international agreements in the EU legal order becomes the exception rather than the rule.
@John — Service providers can choose which of the controls they want to be audited for, and then they pay the auditor to test their controls
against the benchmarks of a SOC 2/3 and produce a report.
The spate of U.S. litigation should prompt Canadian employers to mull over the following obvious questions: Do plan fees hold up
against a benchmark of fees charged by other plans?
Not exact matches
You have to stay on top
of what others in your category or industry are doing and
benchmark against them.
If you're doing assessment
of your mutual funds, you want to be able to take a look at the decisions that were made, compare
against benchmarks, and get a report.
As investigators wrap their case
against more than a dozen traders involved in the recent LIBOR scandal — which involves executives at Barclays and a growing list
of international banks attempting to manipulate the
benchmark figure for trillions
of pounds» worth
of financial contracts — they're revealing a curious fact about how some
of the details were leaked in the first place.
DIY's like to compare
against us because we're kind
of the
benchmark — to say, «I can build it better than Alienware» — that's fine.
«The first thing we did from Day 1 was to make sure that we
benchmarked ourselves
against the global market,» says Glenn Chamandy, the CEO
of Gildan.
So, if we restrict ourselves to what has come before or
benchmark ourselves solely
against the known competition, we are limiting our opportunities to the shortcomings
of those around us.
While Avnet declined to discuss the number
of pre-orders Indigenous Media has seen for Sickhouse on Vimeo, he said he is optimistic when it comes to the movie's online revenue potential despite the fact that there isn't much
of a
benchmark level for the movie to compete
against.
We know that many
of you are asking why
Benchmark filed a lawsuit
against Travis last week.
The fund's performance is measured
against a
benchmark, and that's where the majority
of actively managed funds fail.
Also
of interest to metrics - driven managers, a new «How You Compare» section ranks your company page
against others in your industry, giving a
benchmark for visibility and reach.
WA's oldest university, the University
of Western Australia, is
benchmarking itself
against «the rest
of the world» on all fronts, vice-chancellor Deryck Schreuder says.
The Halifax Index, produced annually for Nova Scotia's capital,
benchmarks the city
against five peer cities on a number
of important measurements: population growth, education levels, the confidence
of the business sector, and more.
For example, if Jasper is the worst vice president in the company, then all
of the directors will
benchmark themselves
against Jasper and demand promotions as soon as they reach his low level
of competency.»
«Requiring the banks to pay treble damages to every plaintiff who ended up on the wrong side
of an independent Libor ‐ denominated derivative swap would, if appellants» allegations were proved at trial, not only bankrupt 16
of the world's most important financial institutions, but also vastly extend the potential scope
of antitrust liability in myriad markets where derivative instruments have proliferated,» the U.S. Court
of Appeals in New York said in the ruling.A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived private antitrust litigation accusing major banks
of conspiring to manipulate the Libor
benchmark interest rate, in a big setback for their defense
against investors» claims
of market - rigging.
To
benchmark his own business practices
against the best ones in his industry, David Luse
of $ 8.2 - million Minneapolis - based Arteka, a landscaping company, created his own small networking group.
There are other issues to settle, including the explosive lawsuit filed by
Benchmark Capital — which owns more than 10 percent
of the company and has a board seat held by Matt Cohler —
against Kalanick, whom the venture firm helped oust and has been trying to restrain.
This framework considers the Chairman and CEO's self - assessment
of performance
against commitments in the year, both qualitative and quantitative, and also considers progress
against strategic objectives, an analysis
of IBM's total performance over a multi-year period, a competitive
benchmark analysis, and other relevant information.
His statement followed one
of the most chaotic sessions for the country's financial markets since the global financial crisis, with stocks on its
benchmark Ibovespa falling more than 8 % and the real plunging 7.5 %
against the U.S. dollar, the most since 1999, despite the intervention
of the central bank
of Brazil.
According to the Bilur website, this price is calculated daily
against the Standard & Poor's Platts Dated Brent assessment — the
benchmark appraisal
of physical cargoes
of crude oil in the North Sea.
Benchmark has filed a lawsuit
against Uber's former CEO, Travis Kalanick, for several instances
of fraudulent behavior.
Retirement Benefits Group hired a third - party to
benchmark their fees
against the rest
of the industry, something Weir recommends other advisors do as well.
Like it or not, Finance Minister Joe Oliver's April budget has now become the fiscal «
benchmark»
against which their policy platforms will be judged in terms
of their commitments to maintain a balanced budget.
Performance
of Dimensional funds measured
against prospectus
benchmarks.
Turkish Airlines (TKHVY) shares were one
of the
benchmark's biggest movers, falling 8.2 % to 8.53 lira each while the currency was marked 2.2 % lower
against the U.S. dollar at 3.6945.
Other legal fights related to Uber include its battle with self - driving car company Waymo, which is suing Uber for allegedly stealing trade secrets, and a lawsuit filed by investor
Benchmark against former chief executive officer Travis Kalanick claiming breach
of contract.
Chinese stocks were little moved by their addition to MSCI Inc.'s
benchmark indexes, as investors weighed the symbolic importance
of inclusion
against the limited impact on short - term inflows.
I know
of a money manager who starts and ends his day on the Internet, gauging the performance
of his stock fund
against four industry - set
benchmarks.
This is why what happened last week was so shocking: the venture capital firm
Benchmark Capital filed suit
against former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick for fraud, break
of contract, and breach
of fiduciary duty.
So in addition to getting a sense for how these concepts and promotion platforms rank
against what we've done historically, we've also added a number
of competitive
benchmarks into our testing.
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.
An index is a collection
of specific stocks or bonds that the industry uses as a
benchmark for investors (like mutual funds) to measure how their performance stacks up
against the «overall market segment» performance.
From December 16, 2011, the effective date
of the Merger, through the third quarter
of 2013, we did not engage compensation consultants or establish formal
benchmark processes
against any set
of peer group companies when setting compensation levels for executive officers.
Entrepreneurs would do well to track their own revenue per employee and
benchmark it
against other startups
of similar size and scale.
Even more troubling, we have been told that
Benchmark has been conferring with Lowercase Capital with respect to adverse action
against Uber, indicating that they are seeking to remove Arianna Huffington from the Board and, in clear violation
of their fiduciary duties, wrongfully leaked highly confidential details from the investigation by former Attorney General Eric Holder.
For example, the
benchmark against which a stock's volatility is compared can change based on preference or purpose
of comparison.
The firm's proprietary Organizational Health Index, for example, allows companies to
benchmark their own performance
against a massive database
of McKinsey's 600 clients worldwide — on a confidential basis,
of course.
At present, only Chinese shares traded in Hong Kong are part
of the index, and $ 1.7 trillion in investment funds are
benchmarked against the index.
As the name implies, the dividend appreciation index fund seeks to track a
benchmark against stocks that have a history
of increasing dividends over time.
You need a
benchmark to measure the performance
of your portfolio
against.