• Home
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • LATIF
  • Conferences
  • Dashboard
  • Edit My Profile
  • Log In
  • Logout
  • Register
  • Edit this post

Room 151

  • 151 BRIEF

    What's New?

  • Slough welcomes commitment that Office for Local Government ‘will not be a burden’

    June 30, 2022

  • Homes England agrees strategic partnership with two authorities

    June 29, 2022

  • Soaring inflation and pay pressures to add £3.6bn to council budgets

    June 28, 2022

  • Underfunded social care reforms could ‘exacerbate workforce pressures’

    June 27, 2022

  • Nottingham City Council leader labels proposed intervention as ‘disappointing’

    June 27, 2022

  • Government preparing to intervene in Nottingham City Council

    June 23, 2022

  • Treasury
  • Technical
  • Funding
  • Resources
  • LGPS
  • Development
  • 151 News
  • Blogs
    • David Green
    • Agent 151
    • Dan Bates
    • Richard Harbord
    • Stephen Sheen
    • James Bevan
    • Steve Bishop
    • Cllr John Clancy
    • David Crum
    • Graham Liddell
    • Ian O’Donnell
    • Jackie Shute
  • Interviews
  • Briefs

Author: Guest

  • 0
    • in LGPS
    • — 20 May, 2022

    2022 LGPS valuations: difficult discussions in uncertain times

    Michelle Doman looks at the impact of inflationary pressures, the war in Ukraine, climate risk and Covid-19 on employer contributions. At the start of 2022, for Local Government Pension Scheme[…]

    Read more
    0
    • in Blogs · Treasury
    • — 20 May, 2022

    Investing today: nowhere to hide

    Partner Content: Alex Stanley from Ardea Investment Management suggests that investors have few places to hide amid a synchronised sell-off in both bonds and equities. However, there are catalysts that[…]

    Read more
  • 0
    • in Funding · Treasury
    • — 18 May, 2022

    Back to the future for the PWLB

    The Public Works Loan Board is tightening its lending criteria to ensure that loans will be repaid by local government borrowers. But, asks Peter Findlay, shouldn’t it have been doing[…]

    Read more
    0
    • in Blogs · Treasury
    • — 9 May, 2022

    Rate rise represents ‘fastest increase in borrowing costs in 25 years’

    Partner Content: CCLA Investment Management’s Robert Evans analyses the rationale for the Bank of England’s latest rise in the Official Bank Rate and assesses the likely outcome of the next[…]

    Read more
  • 0
    • in Education · Housing · Social care
    • — 4 May, 2022

    PFI exit – the seven-year itch

    There are around 200 PFI contracts currently managed by local authorities in England, and a good number of these will be within seven years of completion. Amardeep Gill and Lucy[…]

    Read more
    0
    • in Blogs · Treasury
    • — 25 Apr, 2022

    What are bond markets telling us?

    Partner Content: In early April the US Treasury yield curve briefly inverted, a traditional sign of an impending economic downturn. Aegon Asset Management’s Nick Edwardson discusses whether it will be[…]

    Read more
  • 0
    • in Blogs · Treasury
    • — 21 Mar, 2022

    Bank of England battles inflation with latest interest rate rise

    Partner Content: CCLA Investment Management’s Robert Evans analyses the MPC’s increase in the Official Bank Rate to 0.75% and its warning that inflation could reach 8% in the second quarter[…]

    Read more
    0
    • in Blogs · Treasury
    • — 28 Feb, 2022

    Is the Bank of England losing control of inflation and the yield curve?

    Partner Content: CCLA Investment Management’s Robert Evans discusses how the Bank of England has struggled to convey its messaging on inflation and interest rates. This year is an important anniversary[…]

    Read more
  • 0
    • in Blogs · Treasury
    • — 23 Feb, 2022

    Controlling inflation: the conundrum for central banks

    Partner Content: Kerry Duffain from Fidante Partners on the role of the Bank of England, Fed and European Central Bank in responding to inflation and the relative-value alternatives for navigating[…]

    Read more
    0
    • in Blogs · LGPS · Net Zero
    • — 15 Feb, 2022

    LGPS investing: how impact funds can contribute to net-zero ambitions

    Partner Content: Andrés Senouf from Temporis Capital discusses how the LGPS can use investments to generate a positive environmental impact alongside a financial return, while avoiding “green washing”. The Local[…]

    Read more
  • Next Page »
  • 151 BRIEFS – WHAT’s NEW?

    • Homes England agrees strategic partnership with two authorities
    • Soaring inflation and pay pressures to add £3.6bn to council budgets
    • Underfunded social care reforms could ‘exacerbate workforce pressures’
    • Nottingham City Council leader labels proposed intervention as ‘disappointing’
    • Government preparing to intervene in Nottingham City Council
  • Room151’s LGPS Roundtables

    Biodiversity
    Valuations & Risk
    LGPS Women

  • Room151’s LGPS Roundtables

    Biodiversity
    LGPS Women
    Valuations & Risk
  • Latest tweets

    Room151 4 hours ago

    Hillier confirmed as keynote speaker for LATIF/FDs’ Summit: Dame Meg Hillier, chair of the Public Accounts Committee, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for Room151’s combined Local Authority Treasurers Investment Forum (LATIF) and FDs Summit. The… dlvr.it/ST70F7 pic.twitter.com/hxV676Iley

    Room151 4 hours ago

    Councils’ funding at risk due to ‘undercounting’ in census data: Population estimates in London and Manchester may have been significantly underestimated in the 2021 census potentially threatening government funding for frontline services in these… dlvr.it/ST707J pic.twitter.com/VncIyaXa01

    Room151 2 days ago

    Gove at LGA: councils to receive two-year financial settlement: Michael Gove has announced that councils will receive a two-year financial settlement from next year to provide authorities with “financial certainty” and allow them to plan ahead. The… dlvr.it/ST0kSV pic.twitter.com/wxL3UM4sGO

    Room151 2 days ago

    LGPS valuations: the digital journey: Rob Bilton explains how technology is helping to deliver one of the most complex data exercises in the world of public sector pensions. The 2022 valuations for LGPS funds in[...] dlvr.it/ST0kMq pic.twitter.com/VxjSPC2Uvo

    Room151 6 days ago

    Conrad Hall: ‘more sophisticated’ regulation needed for local government: The chair of the CIPFA/LASAAC Code Board has questioned the sophistication of financial regulation in local government and the continuing focus of the Department for Levelling Up,… dlvr.it/SSnPBV pic.twitter.com/G5d7JCWF8c

    Room151 1 week ago

    Slough Council approves plans to restructure finance department: Slough Borough Council has approved plans to restructure its finance department to enhance capacity and capability and to address a “significant weakness” in the function. The local… dlvr.it/SSf8DG pic.twitter.com/l5lmyHmkBg

  • Register to become a Room151 user

© Copyright 2022 Room 151. Typegrid Theme by WPBandit.