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  • London CIV launches sustainable equity fund

    April 19, 2018

  • Council funding boost for stadium for Cornwall

    April 18, 2018

  • Herts creates development joint venture

    April 18, 2018

  • Half of councils ‘draw down on reserves’

    April 18, 2018

  • Northants completes HQ sale

    April 18, 2018

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    April 18, 2018

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Yearly Archive: 2018

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    • in 151 News
    • — 21 Dec, 2016

    News round-up: Infrastructure rate, Scottish LGPS, devolution spending, auditor concerns

    Scottish LGPS to consider pooling A similar LGPS pooling process to the one currently underway in England and Wales is to be considered by the Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme[…]

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    • in LGPSi
    • — 21 Dec, 2016

    DCLG green lights £36bn Border to Coast LGPS pool

    The government has approved plans for the largest proposed pool of Local Government Pension Scheme funds. The £36bn Border to Coast Pensions Partnership received a green light from the Department for Communities[…]

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    • in Blogs · LGPSi · Resources · Treasury
    • — 21 Dec, 2016

    Editor’s Blog: 2016 was the year of commercial ventures and social care crisis

    The past 12 months has been another tough year for local government with the crisis in social care funding finally becoming front page news. Councils have responded with increasing commercialisation to[…]

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    • in Agent 151 · Funding · Resources
    • — 20 Dec, 2016

    Agent 151: 2016 is on trial

    The past 12 months are in the dock. Agent151 covers the trial of an offender that has left many feeling like victims of a crime. M’lud, the next case is[…]

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    • in Blogs · James Bevan · Treasury
    • — 20 Dec, 2016

    James Bevan: Global growth outlook for 2017

    There’s plenty of talk of better economic growth next year — but scant evidence that there will be. There are signs that global growth is accelerating into the end of[…]

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    • in Blogs · David Green · Treasury
    • — 19 Dec, 2016

    David Green: MiFID II – deadline looms for action

    The way that local authorities access financial services will change in January 2018 as a result of the European Union’s second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). If the[…]

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    • in Blogs · Resources · Richard Harbord
    • — 19 Dec, 2016

    Richard Harbord: The local government settlement is a ‘fudge’ and a ‘muddle’

    The local government settlement saw changes to the New Homes Bonus and council tax to support adult social care. Richard Harbord argues it contained no new money and ‘no long-term[…]

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    • — 15 Dec, 2016

    News Round-up: LGPS £1bn infra fund, Javid warns 10 councils, BNY wins LPP admin mandate, CFO’s biggest pressure…

    LGPS infrastructure fund grows to more than £1bn The size of the GLIL infrastructure fund has more than doubled to £1.272bn after investment from three additional local authority pension funds.[…]

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    • in Funding · Technical
    • — 15 Dec, 2016

    Settlement social care funding plan ‘woefully inadequate’

    Reforms to increase funding for adult social care are a “short-term sticking plaster” that fail to address the need for a long-term solution, according to local authority finance leaders. They[…]

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    • — 15 Dec, 2016

    Capita to sell local government treasury service

    Capita has announced it is to sell the division that provides local authority treasury advice in what could be a major shake-up of the market. A statement issued by Capita[…]

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