Statistical Terms Glossary

See Buyout

1. Fee charged by a bank for managing a credit or bond issue.
2. Fee charged for portfolio management.

Contract where the contractor assumes responsibility for the management of the investment project or a significant part of its operations and where his remuneration substantially depends on the production, revenues or profits of the investment project.

Or Internal control is the organisation, policies and procedures used to help ensure that government programmes achieve their intended results; that the resources used to deliver these programmes are consistent with the stated aims and objectives of the organisations concerned; that programmes are protected from waste, fraud and mismanagement; and that reliable and timely information is obtained, maintained, reported and used for decision making.

See also handling fee.

Is the practice of maintenance and care of health records by traditional and electronic means in hospitals, physician's office clinics, health departments, health insurance companies, and other facilities that provide health care or maintenance of health records. Health informatics and health information technology are utilized in information management.

Is a subset of the overall internal controls of a business covering the application of people, documents, technologies, and procedures by management accountants to solve business problems such as costing a product, service or a business-wide strategy. Management information systems are distinct from regular information systems in that they are used to analyze other information systems applied in operational activities in the organization.[1] Academically, the term is commonly used to refer to the group of information management methods tied to the automation or support of human decision making, e.g. Decision Support Systems, Expert systems, and Executive information systems.

Used here to indicate arrangements and organisations established to perform specific functions and guide interactions in support of fisheries management. In a broader sense can also be used to describe the set of rules that defines a practice.

Specific controls applied in the fishery to contribute to achieving the objectives, including some or all of technical measures (gear regulations, closed areas and time closures), input controls, output controls and user rights.

Formally established, more or less quantitative target that is actively sought and provides a direction for management action. For example, achieving a 40% reduction in fleet capacity, or ensuring a competitive income for individual fishers.

A formal or informal arrangement between a fisheries management authority and interested parties or stakeholders that identifies the partners in the fishery and their respective roles, details the agreed objectives for the fishery and specifies the management rules and regulations that apply to it and provides other details about the fishery that are relevant to the task of the management authority.

The right to be involved in managing the fishery.

The strategy adopted by the management authority to reach the operational objectives. It consists of the full set of management measures applied in that fishery.

MSE involves assessing the consequences of a range of different management strategies or options to assist determine which approach will be the most appropriate to meet the operational objectives of the fishery.

Another term for management measure, because these are “instruments” used by managers to achieve the fishery objectives.

A syndicate responsible for underwriting an issue in the Eurodollar market.