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  • 151 BRIEF

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  • EAPF criticised for water company investments

    August 10, 2022

  • Welsh pension fund confirms £50m investment in clean energy

    August 10, 2022

  • Inflation ‘disastrous’ for local services, warns LGA

    August 10, 2022

  • Consultation opens into care charging reforms

    August 9, 2022

  • ADASS survey: ‘worst fears confirmed for adult social care’

    August 5, 2022

  • GMCA to unlock funds for home energy-efficiency upgrades

    August 4, 2022

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Author: Mark Finnegan

  • Finnegan’s Take: Co-op alarm bells sound all too familiar 0
    • in Blogs · Mark Finnegan · Recent Posts · Treasury
    • — 31 Jul, 2013

    Finnegan’s Take: Co-op alarm bells sound all too familiar

    Most of my blogs in the last year have touched upon credit risk in one way or another. Much of that credit risk had a ‘far away’ feel, concerning the[…]

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    Treasurer’s reflections – Q1: Cyprus & PWLB rates 0
    • in Blogs · Mark Finnegan · Treasury
    • — 2 Apr, 2013

    Treasurer’s reflections – Q1: Cyprus & PWLB rates

    Another quarter and another Eurozone sovereign/banking calamity. Perhaps the greatest shock would be a quarter without one! This time we all check our exposures to Cyprus – probably very unlikely[…]

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  • Treasurer’s reflections – Q4: Revenue strikes again! 0
    • in Blogs · Mark Finnegan · Recent Posts · Treasury
    • — 17 Dec, 2012

    Treasurer’s reflections – Q4: Revenue strikes again!

    My first reflection this year concentrated on the HRA self-financing debt settlement – treasury staff at many local authorities had spent considerable time in 2011 investigating the myriad financing opportunities[…]

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    Treasurer’s reflections – Q3: Catch 22 0
    • in Blogs · Mark Finnegan · Recent Posts
    • — 4 Oct, 2012

    Treasurer’s reflections – Q3: Catch 22

    Looking over my Q2 commentary there was little bright news to console local authority investment managers in the macro economy – plus ca change. Whilst the Eurozone rollercoster seemed to[…]

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  • Treasurer’s reflections – Q2: Yields & Risk 0
    • in Blogs · Mark Finnegan · Recent Posts
    • — 5 Jul, 2012

    Treasurer’s reflections – Q2: Yields & Risk

    Greek elections, Spanish bank bailouts, UK bank downgrades, ECTRF, LIBOR fixing – the treasury arena attracted more than its fair share of headlines in Q2. The news was rarely positive. […]

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    Treasurer’s reflections – Q1: HRA & Counterparties 0
    • in Blogs · Mark Finnegan
    • — 12 Apr, 2012

    Treasurer’s reflections – Q1: HRA & Counterparties

    Q1 was a busy and turbulent time for local authority treasurers as they took on HRA debt, digested the budget and the PWLB rate change and continued to look for[…]

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  • 151 BRIEFS – WHAT’s NEW?

    • Inflation ‘disastrous’ for local services, warns LGA
    • Consultation opens into care charging reforms
    • ADASS survey: ‘worst fears confirmed for adult social care’
    • GMCA to unlock funds for home energy-efficiency upgrades
    • Levelling up committee calls for urgent boost to social care funding
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