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- Have It Your Way
- Custom indexes may have many attractive features and have important roles to play in the investment process, from supporting investment strategy research to portfolio manager evaluation. First, any investment strategy that really deserves a custom index for fullest evaluation of management skill also requires reference to a standard benchmark's asset...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Investment Strategies, Fund Performance and Portfolio Characteristics
- This paper studies the relation between fund performance and the fund manager's investment strategy, which is based on the characteristics of the portfolio. The results show that neither momentum characteristics nor the valuation of stocks can explain differences in fund performance. However, the paper finds a negative firm-size effect that...
- White papers 2004-01-29
- Investment Manager Characteristics, Strategy and Fund Performance
- This dissertation presents research essays evaluating the performance of managed funds in light of the investment strategy and manager characteristics exhibited by institutional investment companies. An analysis of investment performance with respect to a fund manager's strategy provides important information in determining whether performance objectives have been achieved. There are...
- White papers 2002-01-16
- A Smarter Investment Strategy for Insurers
- Like many investors, insurance companies have pursued greater gains in recent years through more complex and risky ventures. Although their investment strategies have changed, their performance measures haven't - a disconnect that has exposed them to billions of dollars in losses, which have destroyed shareholder value and led ratings agencies...
- White papers
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- The Senate Bill: Medicare And Much Else
- Editor's Note: In the post below, Tim Jost looks at provisions of the Senate Democratic health reform bill dealing with Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP, and many other significant topics. In earlier posts, Jost took a first look at the Senate bill, provided a detailed look at several issues that arise under the bill's insurance reforms, and discussed...
- News items 2009-11-21
- IBM Infrastructure And Systems Management Services
- The continuing trend towards robust and reliable e-business infrastructures and the difficulty in managing mobile assets in the workforce are creating new Information Technology IT challenges for companies. Verifying that technology and business objectives are synchronized around a sound management strategy is crucial to success and improving competitive advantage. Many...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Messy Challenge And Big Payoff Of Outsourced Recruiting
- The article asserts that it is a tough road to travel, littered with reluctant hiring managers and the need for cultural change. However, VPs of human resources say that outsourcing what is arguably the most important workforce-management function can yield big financial results. One company that recently took the plunge...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Virtualisation and Automation | BTalk Australia
- (16min 16) BMC Software is one of a number of businesses offering Business Service Management software. The company has been beating the recession in the US, with strong growth in 2008 and an optimistic outlook for 2009. What’s the secret? The answer might be how the company...
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- Survival of the Smartest | BTalk Australia
- (11min 43) Have you prepared your business for the economic downturn? On today's BTalk Australia Greg Joffe from the Nous Group suggests to Phil Dobbie four areas of focus that will help a business to survive. Got anything to add? Place your comment in the Talkback section...
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- Strategy in a ‘Structural Break'
- During hard times, a structural break in the economy is an opportunity in disguise. To survive—and, eventually, to flourish—companies must learn to exploit it. There is nothing like a crisis to clarify the mind. In suddenly volatile and different times, you must have...
- Articles 2009-01-12
- Bosses Expect Skills Shortage to Worsen
- Australia's shortage of skilled labour will worsen as the economy improves, according to a survey by the Australian Institute of Management AIM.The Victorian and Tasmanian branch of AIM surveyed 2,163 executives over October and November, with most responses from Victoria and Queensland.Seventy-six per cent of the executives said their...
- News items 2009-12-15
- Wolseley plc Interim Management Statement Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. The question-and-answer session will be conducted electronically. [Operators Instructions]. We will take now our first question from Tim [inaudible]. Please go ahead. Unidentified Analyst Hey, guys. This is Tim [inaudible] in Dublin. My first question is in relation to the stock...
- Earnings calls 2007-11-30
- HP offers slew of products and services to bring cost savings and better performance to virtual desktops
- Hewlett-Packard HP this week unleashed a barrage of products aimed at delivering affordable and simple computing experiences to the desktop. These include thin-client and desktop virtualization solutions, as well as a multi-seat offering that can double computing seats. At the same time, the company targeted the need for data security...
- News items 2009-11-18
- Sales Culture: Interview with Michael Dell
- This morning's post "QUIZ: Assess Your Sales Team's Culture" explained why sales culture is so important. Some of the ideas behind that post came from a conversation I had a while back with Michael Dell, the founder/CEO of Dell Computer. In this never-before-published interview, Michael discusses the culture he tried...
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Take Advantage of Training Programs
- While competitors cut training, invest wisely in programs that will help you hang onto A players and prepare your company to rebound after the recession. The scenario: Cost-cutting leaves little room...
- Articles 2008-11-20
- The Hidden Dragons
- The Idea in Brief What multinational doesn't want a piece of the action in China--with 1.3 billion potential customers, 9.3% percent annual economic growth, and a per capita income that quadruples yearly? Carried away by...
- Articles 2008-03-12
- McAfee Q1 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We will pause for just a moment to compile the Q&A roster. Your first question is from Walter Pritchard with Cowen. Walter Pritchard - Cowen & Co. Hi. Eric, just wondering on the MDF you talked about being lower this quarter than you expected. Could...
- Earnings calls 2007-04-26
- Telefonica SA Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions]. The first question comes from the line of Damien Maltarp [Cazenove]. Please go ahead with your question. Damien Maltarp - Cazenove Thanks very much, Damien Malta from Cazenove. Two questions, firstly just on the restructuring provision that you guided for the...
- Earnings calls 2007-11-12
- If I Were Chancellor...
- For all its vaunted support of the SME sector, can the government help them now, when access to funding and supply chain pressures are constricting their ability to grow? According to the Chartered Management Institute's latest Economic Outlook Survey, 85 per cent of managers think the government...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Tidewater Inc. F2Q08 (Qtr End 9/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call Excerpt Tidewater Inc. TDW F2Q08 Earnings Call October 26, 2007, 9:00 AM CT Executives Dean E. Taylor - Chairman, President and CEO J. Keith Lousteau - CFO, EVP and Treasurer Joseph M. Bennett - Sr. VP, Principal Accounting Officer and Chief IR Officer Stephen W....
- Earnings calls 2007-10-28
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