Sentences with phrase «international benchmarks»

IPAs have already set international benchmarks for innovative carbon abatement programs involving funding partnerships with industry to offset carbon emissions.

This lineage brings together Edelweiss Group's deep understanding of the Indian customers and Tokio Life's international benchmarks.

«Opex ratios (operating expenditure / total premium) for the top 10 Indian life insurers are in the 15 to 30 per cent range, compared to international benchmarks of 10 to 15 per cent.

Going forward, if the U.S. is going to dramatically reduce carbon pollution in line with the Obama administration's goals and international benchmarks, it will take much more than building new natural gas capacity to replace coal, according to a new study published in the journal Nature last week.

These periods capture the bulk of the global recessionary periods I mentioned above.The graph demonstrates that the trends we've seen in this bear market - where most international benchmarks are performing worse than the US market - are not unique to this bear market.

It's clear that there has been a substantial shift in the beta of international benchmarks versus the US since the beginning of last decade.

To recap, the secular rise in the correlation of global market returns continues, and the beta of international benchmarks relative to the US has been rising in both up and down markets — but the bulk of that rising sensitivity has occurred when the US market was advancing.

The AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF (Ticker: AADR) is an actively managed strategy that seeks long - term capital appreciation using a technical, systematically - driven investment approach that seeks to outperform international benchmarks such as the MSCI EAFE Index and the BNY Mellon Classic ADR Index.

(The Canadian index, being smaller and less liquid that the giant US and international benchmarks, was subject to more constraints on the methodology.)

For the first time, there will be a link between England's exam grades and international benchmarks.

In today's world, that data needs to include international benchmarks as well as state and national rankings.

On some international benchmarks, U.S. students perform at average or below - average levels among peers in other developed nations and have shown no change in achievement levels on those measures over time.

Seeing the U.S. school systems through the prism of international benchmarks.

The legislation strikes references to Common Core and requires the state board of education to adopt what it calls «college and career readiness» standards that meet national and international benchmarks and comply with federal standards while maintaining Indiana's sovereignty... Some critics of the board of education say the standards they are developing hew too closely to Common Core.

The most comprehensive international benchmarks are those of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an organization of 30 member countries, including the United States.

provide international benchmarks for professional learning leading to valuable certification and progression

So we talk about the international benchmarks and students are graded depending on how they do in the TIMSS assessments, they're graded according to these benchmarks.

Stronger performance on international benchmarks.

You look at countries like China, Finland, Canada, where they're killing us on international benchmarks, absolutely destroying us on these tests.

So, it's easier to build and use international benchmarks to identify more quickly what is working and what is not in England.

The President also called on parents to insist that states and school districts provide ways of showing how children are doing compared to national standards and international benchmarks.

Furthermore, the President will make it a national imperative to dramatically improve student achievement in math and science, and move US students from the middle of the pack to the top on international benchmarks over the next decade by challenging all Americans to dramatically increase support for math and science education.

Investing in five of the worst - performing stock markets around the globe has beaten international benchmarks — by a lot.

Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell about 69 cents at the time of the tweet, before trading down 0.8 percent at $ 73.17 a barrel as of 2:31 p.m. in London.

Brent crude, the international benchmark, was up 7.8 percent in the past week and was trading near $ 73 a barrel in the futures market for the first time since December 2014.

On Friday, international benchmark Brent crude oil was trading within $ 2 of its 2017 high of $ 58.37.

U.S. crude futures dipped below $ 28.50, while the international benchmark Brent fell as far as $ 27.79 a barrel after reports that Iran had offered sharp discounts to customers in Europe and Asia to find buyers for millions of barrels of oil in storage that it is now free to sell, after the lifting of most international sanctions on it at the weekend.

Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose to $ 70.37 on Monday, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude reached $ 64.89 on Tuesday, both hitting more than three - year highs.

At the last check Friday, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices were at $ 67.73 a barrel, while international benchmark Brent crude sat at $ 73.15.

And Brent, the key international benchmark, is predicted to average US$ 65 a barrel.

The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) publishes the international benchmark price of gold in USD, twice daily.

The S&P / TSX Global Gold Index is an international benchmark tracking the world's leading gold companies with the intent to provide an investable representative index of publicly - traded international gold companies.

The price of crude at Houston earlier this week tumbled to a record discount of more than $ 4 / bbl relative to Brent, the international benchmark.

Five - star fund managers find «idiosyncratic» companies to beat international benchmark The AMG Managers Pictet International Fund buys «attractive companies at attractive prices» The AMG Managers Pictet International Fund buys «attractive companies at attractive prices.»

The S&P / TSX Global Mining Index is a dynamic international benchmark tracking the world's leading mining companies.

International benchmark July Brent LCON8, -0.01 % meanwhile, added 26 cents, or 0.4 %, to $ 73.62 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.

This unpleasant picture is presented after a third quarter in which Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, traded at about $ 50 a barrel on average, the lowest sustained levels since the financial crisis.

Brent, the international benchmark, was trading at $ 74.14 at 8:51 a.m. ET.

«One of the areas where we want Euskadi to continue as an international benchmark is gastronomy, because we firmly believe in its relevance in this sector.

Thanks to the rigorous MICHELIN Guide selection process that is applied independently and consistently around 27 countries, the MICHELIN Guide has become an international benchmark in fine dining.

Thanks to the rigorous MICHELIN guide selection process that is applied independently and consistently around 24 countries, the MICHELIN guide has become an international benchmark in fine dining.

Brent crude, used as an international benchmark, fell as low as $ 27.67 a barrel, its lowest since 2003, before recovering slightly to trade at $ 28.17.

However, the benchmark revenue for the second half of 2016 was revised downwards from $ 502.10 million to 348.42 m in 2016 mid-year budget review when the international benchmark price was further reviewed downward to 45.35 per barrel.

The Steering Group agreed the terms of reference for the review and, in consultation with the UK Human Geography community, appointed an International Panel of leading international experts, chaired by Professor David Ley, University of British Columbia, Canada The International Panel visited the UK for one week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the Panel was provided with a range of background data including: Overviews of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Mills (2012).

International benchmark Brent futures were nudging 71 dollars per barrel, both crude benchmarks are up by almost 60 per cent since the middle of last year.

Ten percent of U.S. kids met or exceeded the advanced international benchmark in science — a smaller share than in Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, England, Korea or Hungary.

Does Sight & Sound's inclusion of Twin Peaks change the rules for the future — and will streamed series and television series also be eligible for the magazine's 10 - yearly Greatest Films of All Time poll, which is the international benchmark?

The report shows that between one - quarter and one - third of Australian students did not achieve the TIMSS Intermediate international benchmark to apply basic mathematical and scientific knowledge in simple situations in Year 4 and apply basic mathematical and scientific knowledge in a variety of situations in Year 8.

«Substantially fewer Indigenous students achieve the TIMSS Intermediate international benchmark — the proficient standard for Australia — than their non-Indigenous peers.

The results show 57 per cent of Australian Indigenous students reached the Intermediate international benchmark, compared to 83 per cent of non-Indigenous students.