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PRIORITY: INVESTMENT                         PROJECT: INTERNAL COST RECOVERY
                            RISK PROGRAM                                 This project is all about ensuring fair and
                            We’re focused on building and                equitable allocation of internal costs
                            integrating a robust investment risk         through a new policy and methodology.
                            approach, capability, and culture. As an     The aim is to provide more transparent
                            asset manager, taking and managing           reporting of cost recovery and derivation
                            investment risk is the core of what we do.   of cost allocations.


                            PRIORITY: INFRASTRUCTURE                     PROJECT: INVESTMENT
                            AS A SERVICE                                 VALUATION PROCESSES
                            Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is        To create greater confidence in valuations
                            synonymous with cloud-computing. A           used for financial and performance
                            service provider will host and manage        reporting, and bonus calculations, we’ll
                            BCI’s underlying IT infrastructure (servers   develop a formal valuation policy.
                            and storages). Moving to a hosted model      We’ll reduce dependency on outside
                            is a significant undertaking that will be    valuations, and value illiquid funds
                            implemented in phases. We achieved           more frequently.
                            phase one of this project, the transition to
                            a cloud-based service, in June 2017. Phase   PROJECT: MICROSOFT
                            two, the implementation of the Pandora       OFFICE UPGRADE
                            building network and data centre services    With Microsoft Office 2007 no longer
                            is set for early 2018.                       being supported after 2017, we’ll upgrade
                                                                         everyone’s computers to a supported
                            PROJECT: INTERNAL CONTROLS                   version.
                            We’ll fully document controls to allow for
                            evaluation of control design, and expand
                            the scope of the control program to fill
                            current gaps. Also included in this project
                            is the development of a certification
                            program to ensure controls are
                            operating effectively.






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