Meanings of weak returns in English

Investors are bracing for weak returns for the third quarter from shale producers due to lower oil and gas prices.

Asset managers are under enormous pressure to cut fees due to weak returns and competition from low-cost options like index funds.

After all, they point out, banks are only taking drastic steps after punishing investors with weak returns for the past few years.

Energen had been under pressure from activist investor Corvex Management for more than a year to sell itself to address weak returns.

Now the company is shedding assets with weak returns or that require additional investment to cut debt that topped 13 billion reais last quarter.

The new equity fund's performance provides a much needed boost for BlueCrest, which has had weak returns from its flagship macro fixed income fund.

Gross left Pimco in September 2014 amid negative reports about his leadership and weak returns at Pimco Total Return, once the world's largest bond fund.

Weak returns for fiscal 2012 are likely to push averages even lower, widening the gap with long-term expected rates used for life-long estimates.