John Clancy: Brummie bond launches with more to come
One thing I’ve been clear about since becoming leader of Birmingham City Council in December 2015 is that the government isn’t going to come to the financial rescue of local[…]
Cllr John Clancy
John Clancy & Michael Johnson on LGPS fund management costs
Our regular blogger, Cllr John Clancy of Birmingham City Council, recently submitted a post on LGPS investment costs and the scarcity of pension fund investment in UK infrastructure. We asked[…]
John Clancy takes aim at pension fund admin fees
How much money is there in the world? What is the world’s wealth? How about $117 trillion? Or, with all the noughts, $117,000,000,000,000. That’s how much all of the assets[…]
UK banking reaches its nadir
Can the reputation of British Banking ever have been in a worse state, at home and abroad? At home, state-owned RBS/NatWest proved unable even to function at the most basic[…]
Sausage time!
The Big Bank Bailout, Round 2 has begun! Last week, Wednesday, the Bank of England swung into operation its ‘Extended Collateral Term Repo Facility’ (ECTRF). To you and me that[…]
