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The London Collective Investment Vehicle’s new chief executive talks to Peter Findlay about managing relationships with local authorities, the challenge to government guidance and making a success of the LCIV.[…]
Joanne Pitt argues that a recent nod to the nascent Financial Management Code from the Public Accounts Committee bodes well for the initiative’s development. It’s a little bit unusual to[…]
An overwhelming majority of senior council finance officers believe that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) Fair Funding Review will result in a reshuffle of existing resources[…]
Tom Harris, UK local government research officer at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, makes the case for income tax devolution. With Westminster in turmoil over how (and whether) to ‘take[…]
Croydon Council is considering hedging the currency risk in its pension fund. Members of the council’s pension committee are exploring the option of a currency hedge for the equity investment[…]
A rising number of services delivered by councils in partnership with other organisations risks a weakening of financial accountability, according to a committee of MPs. Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC)[…]
Chancellor Philip Hammond dangled the prospect of a three-year Spending Review with an increased funding envelope later this year – but only if a Brexit deal is reached with the[…]
The London Collective Investment Vehicle (LCIV) LGPS pool is targeting a first close on a new unauthorised infrastructure unit trust, targeting net returns of 8-10%, by the end of April.[…]
The government has decided to introduce a statutory override to accounting changes to their pooled investments – and extend its period of operation for two years more than originally proposed.[…]
The government’s housing delivery agency is looking to use £100m of funding in new partnerships with local authorities to deliver new housing schemes. Earlier this year, Homes England doubled the[…]
