The Profitability of Trust

(a) The Investment Management Service should review the possibility of further diversifying its investment portfolio (asset classes) using alternative investments, within its tenets of safety, profitability, liquidity and convertibility, and inform the Pension Board of the results of the review for its consideration (AS2003 801 02 003)

As to the four criteria of safety, liquidity, profitability and convertibility, they were interrelated and all four were taken into account in deciding on the investment recommendations made to the Secretary General.

6. Notes that the Board encouraged the Investment Management Service of the Fund to adhere to the principles of the Global Compact to the extent possible without compromising the four established investment criteria of safety, profitability, liquidity and convertibility, and urged the Investment Management Service to continue its efforts to collect tax refunds from several Member States

The sharp deterioration in the external environment not only shattered the profitability of the fledgling manufacturing sector, choking investment prospects and increasing its vulnerability to further shocks, but also constrained investment in the primary sector, where much production was organized through state owned companies.

They have a poor understanding of the idea of the profitability of credit

The impact upon the profitability of cocaine trafficking ought to be great.

Figure 1 Profitability of Longline Fishing in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

56 238. Proposed measures to improve the profitability of the commercial activities of the United Nations

Table 6. Export intensity, profitability and R D intensity of Indian manufacturing SMEs, 1991 2001

With insufficient profits to use for investment, nonfinancial corporations will become increasingly dependent on external finance. As their leverage ratios increase, so will their risk premiums, causing their borrowing costs to rise and undermining their profitability further.

As a direct consequence, the private sector has become sceptical of its very survival and profitability.

The biggest bang for the reform buck would be obtained from increasing the profitability of tradables spurring investment and entrepreneurship in export activities, both existing and new. Of course, Greece lacks the most direct instrument for achieving this currency depreciation owing to its eurozone membership.

Lastly, science and technology must be used to develop innovative new products and ensure the profitability of enterprises.

All of these measures were intended to reduce expenditure, minimize inventory build up and increase productivity and profitability.

In particular, OFDI has helped enterprises increase their revenues, assets, profitability, market reach and exports.

A number of indicators could be used, including financial evaluation (profitability) and non financial indicators (survival rate, stability of shareholding).

(iii) Proposed measures to improve the profitability of the commercial activities of the United Nations (resolution 52 220, Part II)

Thus, the pattern in emerging market economies that liberalized capital inflows has been lower investment in the modern sectors of the economy, and eventually slower economic growth (once the consumption boom associated with the capital inflows plays out). By contrast, countries like China and India, which avoided a surge of capital inflows, managed to maintain highly competitive domestic currencies, and thereby kept profitability and investment high.

In fact, the investment led growth model that facilitated double digit growth in the decade after 2001 has exacerbated structural weaknesses, which must now be addressed. Indeed, China must stem the pace of real estate investment, which accounted for more than 13 of GDP in recent years a move that will undoubtedly lead to slower economic growth and, in turn, reduce the profitability of China s nonfinancial corporates further.

Judging from the conference call of investors and the research report of investment banks, analysis agencies have shown their strong interest in upgrading JD.com's profitability. They not only recognize the achievements made by JD.com at present but also are optimistic about its long term future development at the same time.

While this may enhance the overall profitability of a firm, it may also imply reduced tax revenue for the home economy.

By improving the currently low profitability of gifts, the products will become an attractive additional contributor to the overall business goals.

They include increased competitiveness of firms, knowledge and technology acquisition, market expansion abroad and increased profitability, including as a result of economies of scale.

UNOPS states that it will need to perform further analyses of its client base in order to determine profitability and future potential.

Summers s argument, in a nutshell, is that if the expected profitability of investment is falling, interest rates need to fall to the same extent. But interest rates cannot fall below zero (in fact, they may be stuck above zero if there is a strong desire to build up cash balances).

Three recent trends should be noted the protection of investment, the liberalization of investment frameworks and the promotion of investment.

Audit of the Investment Management Service investment performance measurement system

Accordingly, the Board is not in a position to assess the basis and reasonableness of assumptions or the impact on UNOPS competitiveness and profitability.

It also takes steps to improve training quality, arrange for its classification and define criteria for measuring the quality and profitability of vocational activities.

Mr. Darmawan Djajusman, Director of Investment Deregulation, Investment Coordinating Board, Indonesia

The United Nations system should encourage investors to consider only the criteria of security and profitability in their initiatives for the production of goods and services.

Investment of funds

Type of investment

iv.The held to maturity investment is sold due to any significant readjustment of laws or administrative regulations on the scope of permitted investment or the amount of investment of any particular investment product

The result is excessively high financing costs, which have made it impossible for firms in many manufacturing industries to maintain marginal profitability. Moreover, the closure of local government financing platforms, together with the credit ceiling imposed by the central government, has caused local capital spending on investment in infrastructure to drop to a historic low.

The project is community based, and benefits groups of women already involved in income generating activities by guaranteeing a loan to improve the profitability of their activity.

What are the likely implications of including portfolio investment under a BIT in terms of investment protection and, where applicable, in terms of admission of investment?

The idea that underlies all of these initiatives, and the notion of inclusive capitalism itself, is that companies must be managed for the long term. Companies that follow this approach are concerned with the skills of their future workforces seek to build loyal and productive supplier bases and make investment decisions based on sustainable value creation, not short term profitability.

The decision points out the need for available resources to be assigned according to the criteria of territorial equity, profitability for the community and economic efficiency.

Latin America's investment in this sector totals 1.6 per cent of world investment.

VIII. Investment of funds

Admission of investment

Promotion of investment

If any of the profit from retail sale returns to drug trafficking organizations, perhaps from connected cells of retail distributors, the profitability of international drug trafficking will be greater.