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Yearly Archive: 2017

  • David Green: Consultations risk an Unhappy New Year for treasury managers 0
    • in Blogs · David Green · Treasury
    • — 20 Dec, 2017

    David Green: Consultations risk an Unhappy New Year for treasury managers

    2017 has been a year of preparing for regulatory change. Many of the changes to the global financial system designed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis will[…]

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    News Roundup: Settlement leads to ‘grave concerns’, auditing report, LGPS funds buy into Anglian Water, procurement framework saves £88m 0
    • in 151 News
    • — 20 Dec, 2017

    News Roundup: Settlement leads to ‘grave concerns’, auditing report, LGPS funds buy into Anglian Water, procurement framework saves £88m

    Funding of social care a “grave concern”
 Continued reliance on the council tax precept to plug the gap in funding for adult social care is a “grave concern”, according to[…]

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  • James Goudie, QC: Council commercial investments and treasury management 0
    • in Blogs · Development · Treasury
    • — 20 Dec, 2017

    James Goudie, QC: Council commercial investments and treasury management

    Revised investment guidance gives local authorities a “green light for prudent commercial investments”, including investments in commercial property, writes James Goudie, QC. Local authorities in England now have power potentially[…]

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    Agent151: Review of 2017-Brexit, social care, disappointing budgets, Grenfell 0
    • in Agent 151 · Blogs
    • — 20 Dec, 2017

    Agent151: Review of 2017-Brexit, social care, disappointing budgets, Grenfell

    Councils started 2017 with increasing costs and diminishing funding and ended it with worse pressures and no financial relief. The year was overshadowed by two events: Brexit and Grenfell Tower.[…]

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  • Business rates and council tax offerings in Javid settlement get mixed reception 0
    • in 151 News · Funding
    • — 19 Dec, 2017

    Business rates and council tax offerings in Javid settlement get mixed reception

    A new system for funding local government will be introduced by 2020-21, according to a statement from the communities secretary Sajid Javid. On the same day as publishing the local[…]

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    Grenfell recovery prompts Kensington and Chelsea to raise borrowing limit by almost £400m 0
    • in 151 News · Treasury
    • — 19 Dec, 2017

    Grenfell recovery prompts Kensington and Chelsea to raise borrowing limit by almost £400m

    Kensington and Chelsea Council has raised its borrowing limits by almost £400m, which will be spent if required, as the response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy continues to gather pace.[…]

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  • Graham Liddell: Local government faces an ‘Uber moment’ if it fails to embrace technology 0
    • in Blogs · Technical
    • — 18 Dec, 2017

    Graham Liddell: Local government faces an ‘Uber moment’ if it fails to embrace technology

    Local government is at the threshold of a new era in which it needs to embrace new technology, argues Graham Liddle. The way forward is to welcome change, focus on[…]

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    News Roundup: LGPS hedge fund holdings, Newham housing scheme, Right to Buy threat 0
    • in 151 News
    • — 14 Dec, 2017

    News Roundup: LGPS hedge fund holdings, Newham housing scheme, Right to Buy threat

    LGPS funds increase hedge fund holdings Investment in hedge funds by the UK’s 10 biggest Local Government Pension Scheme funds has risen by a third to £2.2bn in the year[…]

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  • Government faces call to slow the pace of funding cuts while business rates retention is resolved 0
    • in 151 News · Resources
    • — 13 Dec, 2017

    Government faces call to slow the pace of funding cuts while business rates retention is resolved

    Delays to introducing 100% business rates retention mean government must take urgent steps in the forthcoming local government settlement to stop councils facing financial breaking point, according to the Local[…]

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    Q&A: Jason Fletcher of LGPS Central on understanding investment management costs 0
    • in LGPSi
    • — 12 Dec, 2017

    Q&A: Jason Fletcher of LGPS Central on understanding investment management costs

    Jason Fletcher, chief investment officer at LGPS Central talks to Room151 about full cost transparency and why pools can’t accurately measure their impact unless they establish the true picture of[…]

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