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Audit of the Investment Management Service investment performance measurement system

Office of the Director, Investment Management Service

Office of the Director, Investment Management Service

Recommendations 7 (a) and (d) Investment management

Table 25 History of the Investment Management Service

Mr. H. L. Ouma, Chief, Investment Management Service

Figure 18 Cost of management of the Fund's portfolio by the Investment Management Service

Funds drawn from the investment management companies was 26,350,000.

These comprise investment in deposits, bonds and equities managed by the United Nations Investment Management Service.

72. In Burkina Faso, one of three active projects concentrates on a revision of the mining investment laws and investment promotion.

Pakistani women are taking an active part in the management of NGOs.

Fiji has been active in the area of environmental management and protection.

The UNHCR Treasury makes the decisions on investment and cash management.

(e) On the cost side, the investment cost of management improvements.

The Registry will continue its pro active approach with regard to trial management.

The total investment in management reform measures recorded in 2004 was 3,386,366.

As regards the investment decision making process, some members of the Board suggested that there should be more than one investment adviser, and that the management of the investments should be entrusted to external investment managers who would be under the supervision of the Investment Management Service.

The court is working to that end by way of pro active trial management.

Hence the strengthening of the active screening mechanism of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US.

(b) To review the procedures and operating methods of the Investment Management Service

(b) Develop, administer and maintain system interface with investment advisers, custodians, bankers and all related financial institutions, and maintain the infrastructure and portfolio management and operational systems of the Investment Management Service

The Secretary General, through the Investment Management Service, continued to search for investment opportunities in developing countries during the year under review.

Those institutions benefit from transparent management and enjoy the active support of their surrounding communities.

WHO contributes to the project as an active member of the Management and Scientific Committees.

That delegation urged the Division to be more active in assisting government programmes concerning privatization and foreign investment.

(c) Enhancement of the Investment Management Service through the addition of five new posts, indexed management costs, including the costs of transition management services, and consultant costs

Implement a full segregation of duties on investment and cash management decisions (para. 89)

(c) Improving the efficiency and flexibility of the Investment Management Service in adopting new investment approaches requires a stronger and more sophisticated infrastructure.

(d) In view of the size and diversification of the investment portfolio, the Investment Management Service should increase the number of investment managers or review the possibility of hiring additional discretionary investment advisers (AS2001 95 1 14)

(c) Maintenance of Great Britain's biodiversity through encouraging mixed cropping and continued active agricultural land management.

The College has also been active in strengthening its own internal systems of management and administration.

Denmark supports a more active role for the United Nations in conflict prevention and crisis management.

Key factors in that regard would be active participation in international trade and a major inflow of foreign investment.

SMEs active in foreign investment increased from 16 of total SMEs in 2000 to 37.6 in 2002 (OECD 2004).

(f) Implement a full segregation of duties on investment and cash management decisions (para. 89)

The project will assist the Investment Management Service in mitigating exposure to various risk factors.

Investment cost describes the resources invested in implementing management improvement measures during the reporting year.

The importance of active participation in disaster management by local communities in particular has been widely recognized.

(e) The new investment officer will be specialized in alternative asset management, the skills for which significantly differ from those for conventional portfolio management.

Investment in payroll systems could provide significant returns in cost avoidance and in better system management.

The office of the Director is responsible for the overall operations of the Investment Management Service.

The others involve investment programming, information systems for economic planning and management and regional (subnational) planning.

In the area of civilian crisis management, the European Union is active in a number of priority areas.

The goals to be achieved relate to the acquisition, customization, installation and maintenance of investment management systems