Managing performance in a choppy UK money market
Partner Content: CCLA Investment Management’s Robert Evans discusses an eventful few months for the Bank of England and monetary policy. The Bank of England (BoE) rarely springs a surprise. In[…]
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Prudential Code brings ‘clarity’ to investment strategies
New guidance from CIPFA has been hotly debated. Scott Dorling offers a lawyer’s guide through the new Prudential Code. The revised CIPFA Prudential Code for Capital Finance in Local Authorities[…]
What’s in store for the LGPS in 2022?
William Bourne channels his inner Mystic Meg to offer some predictions for the LGPS in 2022. He highlights the risk of policy errors, rising contributions, new investment regulations and more[…]
Michael Gove signals the end of ‘boring rollover’ settlements
Local government got a one-year funding deal. But, writes Adrian Jenkins, the new minister in charge also looks set to overhaul the entire funding process. Local government funding has been[…]
Reasons to be cheerful in a time of major change for local government finance
The message that local authority finance teams need bolstering seems to be winning a hearing, writes Alison Ring, while reform of local authority financial reporting and audit gathers pace. For[…]
12 days of Christmas messages from the section 151 officer
“On the 1st Day of Christmas my true love (section 151 officers) said to me (chief executives) – “I’ve got a list of 12 things for you to do!” The[…]
A year in the life of an s151: ‘We delivered unbelievable things’
Tracie Langley, Cornwall’s s151 officer, looks back at another year dominated by the pandemic, budgets, elections and “you-would-just-never-believe-it” stories. I can’t say I bounced out of bed on that first[…]
Making a clean, green future a reality
Sponsored article: William MacLeod explores the ‘net zero’ investment opportunities in renewable energy and the built environment. If COP26 emphasised anything, it was that the challenge to meet net zero[…]
The outlook for equity markets: The Bull and Bear Case
With equity markets on a knife-edge heading into 2022, we tasked Border to Coast’s Ryan Boothroyd and Anthony Petalas, to set out plausible bull and bear cases over the next[…]
Valuations 2022: what might it means for investment strategy?
Jill Davys considers next years LGPS valuations and implications for cashflow, risk managment and ESG. It feels like only yesterday when the sense of relief at getting 2019 valuations signed[…]
