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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[…]
What was one of the main criticisms arising from the post Icelandic fallout? Over-reliance on credit ratings. Looking a bit deeper into that, was it a criticism about ratings per[…]
Without question, security should be the prime consideration of any treasury management investments strategy – perhaps how we ascertain that remains something of a debate but nonetheless it should be[…]
