25.16 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
IB 1.07, Wis. adm. code.
25.165
25.165
Internal auditor. 25.165(1)(1)
There is created in the board an internal audit subunit, under the supervision of the internal auditor. The internal auditor shall report directly to the board and shall appoint all employees necessary to carry out the duties of the internal auditor. The internal auditor shall appoint all employees outside the classified service. The internal auditor shall fix the compensation of all employees appointed by the internal auditor, but the board may provide for bonus compensation to employees.
25.165(2)
(2) The internal auditor may review any activity, information or investment of the board and have access to records of the board and any external party under contract with the board and shall do all of the following:
25.165(2)(a)
(a) Plan and conduct audit activities, risk assessments, research projects and management reviews under the direction of the board and in accordance with policies, principles and directives determined by the board.
25.165(2)(b)
(b) Coordinate and assist with external audits and reviews of the board.
25.165(2)(c)
(c) Through periodic internal audits, monitor for compliance with applicable legal requirements and with the board's contractual agreements any bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union with which the board has entered into a custodial agreement under s.
25.17 (11); any investment advisers with which the board has contracted to manage and control board assets under s.
25.18 (2) (e); and any other external parties with which the board has contracted to provide investment services to the board.
25.167
25.167
Chief investment officer. 25.167(1m)(1m)
Except as provided in sub.
(2m), under the supervision of the executive director, the chief investment officer shall do all of the following:
25.167(1m)(a)
(a) Monitor activities of the investment directors for compliance with the board's investment policies and guidelines in investment decisions and approve unusual transactions, as defined by the board.
25.167(1m)(b)
(b) Develop and implement operating procedures that are intended to ensure that the investment policies and guidelines of the board are followed.
25.167(1m)(c)
(c) Ensure that investments are completely and accurately reported on all management and financial reports and that any information requested by the board is provided to the board on a timely basis.
25.167(2m)
(2m) If the executive director and chief investment officer are the same person, the executive director shall designate another investment director to take the actions specified in sub.
(1m).
25.167 History
History: 1995 a. 274;
2021 a. 177.
25.17
25.17
Powers and duties of board. The “State of Wisconsin Investment Board" shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued in said name. The board shall have a seal with the words, “State of Wisconsin Investment Board". Subject to s.
25.183, the board shall:
25.17(1)
(1) Have exclusive control of the investment and collection of the principal and interest of all moneys loaned or invested from any of the following funds:
25.17(1)(pg)
(pg) State building trust fund (s.
25.30), except for the purpose and extent of loans to the Wisconsin State Public Building Corporation, the Wisconsin University Building Corporation, and the Wisconsin State Colleges Building Corporation, which are subject to sub.
(2) (b);
