Sentences with phrase «measured against the risks»

In other words, costs associated with the execution of legal research must be measured against the risks associated with the quality of legal research.

Japan watchdog, the Financial Services Agency, also took action against six other exchanges and ordered them to improve measures against risk and use of cryptocurrency by criminals.

Not exact matches

«We would urge caution against EU - only measures that could run the risk of creating double taxation,» Chas Roy - Chowdhury, head of taxation at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), a group representing accountants worldwide, said.

The ranking was based on five factors: Tier 1 capital compared with risk - weighted assets; nonperforming assets against total assets; loan - loss reserves to nonperforming assets; deposits to funding; and efficiency, a measure of costs to revenue.

Our Government's plan for responsible resource development includes measures to protect against spills and other risks to the environment and local communities.

In doing so, we are balancing the improvement in our quantitative measures, as well as our qualitative analysis, against our tolerance for risk (we prefer investment positions that allow us to be dead wrong about everything and still not experience intolerable losses).

Relying upon further macroprudential policy tools to contain housing risks in a timely manner is set against the mixed success of such measures to date.

The most accurate metric for measuring a sector's risk against that of the broader market is the beta coefficient.

«Following the Asian crisis in 1998, many emerging markets significantly increased their foreign exchange reserves as a precautionary measure against the future risk of destabilising capital outflows.

NTU assesses equities based on their risk / reward ratio as upside potential needs to always be measured against the downside risk.

I would say that this is not without its risks, because there are measures from time to time against the movement, preventing its activity etc..

Mr Brown also called for a repricing of risk, greater action from governments» fiscal policy and a renewed commitment against protectionist measures.

«Blood analyses may predict risk of delirium in older surgical patients: Markers may help identify patients who would benefit from preventive measures against delirium.»

Her group investigated the cancer's risk against a woman's size, as measured in body mass index (BMI).

In late 2014, Grindr responded to security researchers who pointed out that risk by offering an option to turn off the app's distance - measuring feature, and disabling it by default in countries known to have «a history of violence against the gay community».

Since the introduction of The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, some Enforcing Authorities have taken prosecutions against responsible persons with regard to failings of fire safety measures in schools but it would appear that lessons are being learned with, for instance, the number of fire risk assessments increasing all the time.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 requires employers to ensure the health and safety of all employees and anyone affected by their work, so far as is reasonably practicable, which means balancing the level of risk against the measures needed to control the risk in terms of money, time or trouble.

However, we need to guard against this being derailed by its implementation.The advantages that come with Progress 8 are at risk from those wishing to place undue emphasis on a school's attainment measure (Attainment 8) or from the introduction of new GCSE grades that place greater value on the highest grades available.

Then again, the oft - repeated argument against DRM and anti-piracy measures applies here as well as it does to purchased e-books: piracy is going to happen no matter what kind of DRM publishers use, and the same risk of piracy exists with physical books.

Voting against the action were Richard W. Fisher, who believed that, while the Committee should be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy, improvement in the U.S. economic performance since October has moved forward, further than the majority of the Committee envisions, the date when it will likely be appropriate to increase the federal funds rate; Narayana Kocherlakota, who believed that the Committee's decision, in the context of ongoing low inflation and falling market - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations, created undue downside risk to the credibility of the 2 percent inflation target; and Charles I. Plosser, who believed that the statement should not stress the importance of the passage of time as a key element of its forward guidance and, given the improvement in economic conditions, should not emphasize the consistency of the current forward guidance with previous statements.

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The fifth shows the fund's Sharpe ratio, a measure of risk - adjusted returns, against its peers.

Since portfolio risk is often measured against a benchmark, tracking error is a commonly used metric to gauge how well an investment is performing.

By using this popular index and the financial products tied to it, you can measure your portfolio's relative performance, invest in the equity market, hedge against risk, and even lever up your exposure.

The reward - to - risk ratio measures a trade's expected returns against its predetermined risk of loss.

It measures your portfolio's risk against the market.

* Risk objectives are measured over a complete market cycle against the underlying index's eligible universe of securities, weighted by market capitalization.

Arguably, by investing now when the dollar is strong I am also exposed to the risk of the dollar depreciating against the Euro, but a weaker dollar would mean higher sales in dollar terms, which would compensate in large measure for any loss of value from a weaker currency: it's a case of swings and roundabouts.

The most accurate metric for measuring a sector's risk against that of the broader market is the beta coefficient.

Instead, I believe the best benchmarks that certain investors should measure their portfolios against are their own unique goals, objectives and risk tolerances.

The debate, in a nutshell, goes something like this: Why pay higher fees for an actively managed fund that has a shot at posting much bigger returns than the index it's measured against but which also runs the risk of posting smaller returns, when you can buy a low - cost index fund, such as those that track the performance of the S&P 500 index, which pretty much guarantees that your returns will be in line with the index?

One positive benefit from a risk perspective is that this group of investments, when measured against their comparable common equity, has a much lower beta than I would have originally expected.

In addition to taking these measures, look for professional services that offer you protection against such hacking and identity theft and take special measures to ensure you and your finances are completely protected from the risk of theft.

So what we offer above all else is a measure of protection against downside risk.

A number of forex brokers hiked margin requirements for financial instruments prior to the Italian referendum — a common risk management strategy, which has been utilized successfully in the Brexit hassle as a precautionary measure against the expected market volatility.

For this reason, a number of protective measures have been implemented to protect players against these sorts of potential risks».

It focuses on UNISDR's work with partners to deliver results and measures achievement against the strategic objectives for these two years, including 1) disaster risk reduction accepted and applied for climate change adaptation; 2) measurable increases in investment in disaster risk reduction; 3) disaster - resilient cities, schools and hospitals; and 4) strengthened international system for disaster risk reduction.

It argues that investments should start with low - regret options, with measures that tackle the weather risks that countries already face, such as increased investment in water storage in drought - prone basins or protection against storms and flooding in coastal zones and / or urban areas.

This policy document illustrates how well - designed climate risk insurance — when applied in conjunction with other disaster risk management measures and strategies — can protect people against climate shocks by acting as a safety net and buffer shortly after an extreme weather event.

The choice of a stabilization level implies the balancing of the risks of climate change (risks of gradual change and of extreme events, risk of irreversible change of the climate, including risks for food security, ecosystems and sustainable development) against the risk of response measures that may threaten economic sustainability.

The European Union's addiction to the precautionary principle — which says in effect that the risks of new technologies must be measured against perfection, not against the risks of existing technologies — has caused many perverse policy decisions.

«If the first effects of climate change are already perceptible,» said Peter Hoppe, the company's chief of geo - risks research, «all alerts and measures against it have become even more pressing.»

Using a comprehensive assessment tool called «GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals,» the researchers measured triclosan and triclocarban against 18 criteria for human health and the environment, such as whether there is bioaccumulation in nature, endocrine disruption in humans, risk of reproductive toxicity, and eye or skin irritation.

Reporting through TCFD recommendations allows companies to measure the risks and business opportunities related to climate change, protect themselves against potential physical impacts and identify sustainable investment opportunities.

Employers are obliged to ensure that they take all reasonable measures to adequately protect their employees against any risks of foreseeable harm.

«Strategic planning is the continuous process of making present entrepreneurial (risk - taking) decisions systematically and with the greatest knowledge of their futurity; organizing systematically the efforts needed to carry out these decisions; and measuring the results of these decisions against the expectations through organized, systematic feedback.»

In addition, covered entities should thoroughly examine business associate agreements to ensure that third party vendors bear the financial risk for failures to provide notice regarding breaches and to maintain adequate security measures to mitigate against the risk of disclosures.

«It's clear that a long, happy relationship is associated with a higher likelihood of taking the recommended measures against the known stroke risk factors.»

During the Term of this Agreement, IEC shall establish, implement and maintain commercially reasonable administrative, physical and technical measures that are designed to protect the security and integrity of Customer Data that is provided to IEC by Customer, and that are reasonably appropriate to the risks represented by the processing and nature of the provided Customer Data to be protected, and designed to guard against the accidental or unauthorized access, use, loss or disclosure of Customer Data while it is on IEC's network and systems.

In addition, Eternal Link, FSHO, as well as a third exchange from Japan, Last Roots, were all found with insufficient improvement on their internal safety measures that guards user information against potential cyber risks, the FSA said.