Sentence examples for scale of assets from inspiring English sources

With the scale of assets under their management and their willingness to shake things up, institutional investors have been quick to ride their coattails.

Haldane, who was previously one of the bank's heads of financial stability, said the vast scale of assets built up in investment funds and insurance companies posed a problem as it ebbed and flowed in and out of different asset classes, causing sharp falls and spikes in values.

This hypothesis is verified by results showing that US firms substantially cut down on the scale of assets and workforce to increase return on assets following leadership changes, whereas Japanese firms tend to work on reducing liabilities.

The August Bank of England MPC decision resulted in no change in either the scale of asset purchases or Bank Rate.

The scale of asset write-downs and debt defaults to which Irish banks, building societies and firms are subject has grown as assessments of the residential and commercial property and development portfolios of institutions have come to light.

The scale of trust assets still pales in comparison with total banking sector assets of more than 100 trillion renminbi as of the end of June.

Ben Caldecott, Director of the Stranded Assets Programme at Oxford University's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, noted at a conference on stranded assets that "The scale of potential asset stranding from a 2°C degree carbon budget constraint is significant, not just for upstream resources like oil, gas, and coal, but also for downstream energy infrastructure like power stations.

Bruegel, an independent think tank in Brussels, made the first attempt to estimate the scale of these assets yesterday, placing them at €152.5 billion.

Many people – particularly among the elite – had been aware of rumours about Wen's relatives, but the full detail of the report and the scale of their assets is striking.

To put the magnitude of the derivative financial creations in perspective, de Soto describes simply the scale of all assets in the world: $100 trillion of tangible goods (land, buildings), $170 trillion of semiliquid asssets (mortgages, stocks), and $1 quadrillion of new derivatives (mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, and so on).

"The scale of mechanised assets taking place is enormous.