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[…]
Blogs
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[…]
Why infrastructure assets are the ugly ducklings of capital accounting
Stephen Sheen offers an avian analysis of how to resolve the current local audit delays caused by a “major” issue involving infrastructure assets. Some of you may be struggling to[…]
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[…]
Don’t expect an infrastructure levy any time soon
The government plans to axe section 106 agreements in favour of an infrastructure levy, but Richard Harbord warns that consultation paralysis, levelling-up concerns and developer opposition could block any progress.[…]
‘We need to shift the focus of local authority accounting’
The chair of the CIPFA/LASAAC Code Board reflects on the decision to delay implementation of IFRS 16 and suggests that now is the time to address anomalies in the application[…]
Time to pause adult social care proposals
Proposed government reforms to adult social care will place huge additional burdens on local authorities with significantly increased costs. Leigh Whitehouse discusses the forecast impact at Surrey County Council and[…]
The net-zero challenge for LGPS funds
Philip Pearson looks at the issues impacting LGPS funds as they attempt to decarbonise their portfolios to both reduce climate risks and capture associated investment opportunities. Addressing climate change is[…]
Fairer funding – will the wait be worth it?
Chris Buss says that any review of local government finance must address social care, business rates and council tax, but the danger is that these are just too difficult to[…]
Local government: from funding famine to balanced diet
Room151’s editorial director discusses indications from ministers that they are willing to move away from competitive bidding and return to a more ‘balanced diet’ of funding. At Room151’s recent investment[…]
