It Is the CIO's Responsibility to Establish and Communicate IS

question 51

True/False

It is the CIO's responsibility to establish and communicate IS priorities to the IS department, while the responsibility for enforcement rests with others.

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Definitions:

Indexing

The investment strategy of replicating the performance of a market index, often through passive fund management.

Duration

A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a bond or a fixed income portfolio to changes in interest rates.

Interest-Rate Risk

The possibility of incurring losses in investments as a result of variations in interest rates, especially impacting fixed-income securities.

Coupon

The interest rate paid by a bond, usually expressed as a percentage of the bond's face value.