Three regulatory risk challenges for treasury managers
Jackie Shute discusses the top three regulatory risks to look out for in 2022 and offers suggestions for how best to respond to them. There has been a lot going[…]
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Jackie Shute discusses the top three regulatory risks to look out for in 2022 and offers suggestions for how best to respond to them. There has been a lot going[…]
The year in treasury has been marked by a return for interest rate swaps and new rules from PWLB on borrowing for yield. Jackie Shute asks whether they will sprinkle[…]
Borrowing short-term and waiting for the PWLB consultation to finish may not be much of a borrowing strategy for local authorities. Jackie Shute looks at the risks involved. Has there[…]
CIPFA’s 2016 Treasury Management Risk Study returned this year, with a two-tiered approach to capturing and analysing local authority treasury related risks. Registration for the risk study is ongoing. The Lite Risk[…]
The following communication is written by Jackie Shute of PS Live. Jackie will be analysing the results of CIPFA’s treasury management risk survey here on Room151. Losing interest in treasury[…]
Gone are the days in local government of having a nice rest between closing the accounts and thinking about the following year’s budget. And no doubt in many authorities the[…]
Don’t get me wrong, I am not a Trekkie, so as much as some of you may like the idea of this blog being about Spock and co., you may[…]
OK, so perhaps I don’t mean that question quite as broadly as it sounds – I am of course not referring to the theological use of the term – perhaps[…]
It’s that time of year when treasury practitioners are busy finalising their strategies and going through the seemingly endless cycle of cabinet/scrutiny/council meetings in the bid to put together a[…]
Ok, so I know you treasury professionals out there may not be overly fond of commenting on articles that you have read (and perhaps even found interesting?) but I kick[…]
Treasury to restrict PWLB loans to councils at risk of non-repayment: The Treasury has released new guidance that restricts local authorities’ access to Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) advances if there is a “more than negligible risk” of a council’s… dlvr.it/SQhLTV pic.twitter.com/vBsS7xMJdb
Mixed reaction to proposed government intervention powers: There has been a mixed reaction to the government’s legislative plans to strengthen its intervention powers over local authority finances. The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill has proposed… dlvr.it/SQhLMB pic.twitter.com/50foWxpPGs
Post-Brexit struggles for national and local government regulators. @LGAcomms @NAOorguk Click the link below to read 🔻🔻 room151.co.uk/brief/lga-call… #Brexit #government pic.twitter.com/s3c8ySGy5G
CIPFA: a question of transparency: Roman Haluszczak’s campaign for publication of the independent report into the collapse of CIPFA’s London Counter Fraud Hub has been rejected again by the institute. He is now calling for[...] dlvr.it/SQgC5V pic.twitter.com/08fWsHFF4g
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 they have been doing[...] dlvr.it/SQcmmm pic.twitter.com/bVv4fe0Xlv
Great piece from Peter Findlay on the PWLB’s tightening of its lending criteria. He raises some pointed questions for the Treasury and explains why the ‘casino council’ characterisation was simplistic and inaccurate. #PWLB #localgov room151.co.uk/treasury/back-…
The Queen's speech highlighted the need for accelerating UK infrastructure investment into levelling up projects and cutting emissions. @UKInfraBank #QueensSpeech #ClimateAction #emissions Click the link below to read 🔻🔻 room151.co.uk/brief/bill-wil… pic.twitter.com/hFmF2veVIa
Huge funding heading to the @WestMids_CA from @landg. @andy4wm #LevellingUp #netzero #regeneration Click the link below to read 🔻🔻 room151.co.uk/brief/wmca-sig… pic.twitter.com/ajhZhia6mx
LGPS governance, Cagney and Lacey style: What regulatory response can be expected following the publication of the Good Governance project’s Phase 3 report and the closure of the Single Code of Practice consultation? Susan Black offers[...] dlvr.it/SQbfXf pic.twitter.com/xwqHOEu2AP
More evidence of the importance of emerging markets in the journey to net-zero. @BordertoCoast @BrunelPP @northernlgps @EAPensionFund @WYPF_LGPS Click the link below to read 🔻🔻 #LGPS #NetZero #NetZeroCarbon #EmergingMarkets room151.co.uk/brief/400bn-pe… pic.twitter.com/qCm0EGxzLn
‘Urgent consultation’ issued in response to continuing audit delays: CIPFA and the Local Authority Scotland Accounts Advisory Committee (LASAAC) have announced another “urgent consultation” to consider proposals to address the latest issue that has led… dlvr.it/SQJ0kV pic.twitter.com/s6vw0bnGXO
Bags of capacity – now to housing delivery: HRAs have been freed up and councils are starting to invest, but some remain cautious, writes Steve Partridge. He suggests that a minimum of £10bn of additional borrowing could be[...] dlvr.it/SQDvxk pic.twitter.com/yZmoWzHv6U
Bags of capacity – now to housing delivery room151.co.uk/treasury/bags-…