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  • Inflation ‘biggest concern for LGPS professionals’

    May 20, 2022

  • LGA calls for government support as regulators face staffing issues

    May 19, 2022

  • WMCA signs £4bn investment agreement with L&G

    May 18, 2022

  • Bill will give UK Infrastructure Bank power to lend directly to councils

    May 18, 2022

  • £400bn pension group collaborates on climate transition initiative

    May 17, 2022

  • CIPFA rejects proposal for vote on publication of fraud hub report

    May 17, 2022

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  • Expert Panel: Structural reform and local government 0
    • in Forum · Recent Posts · Resources · Treasury
    • — 25 Feb, 2015

    Expert Panel: Structural reform and local government

    Manchester is set to become the first region to have devolved responsibility for its local NHS services with an elected mayor eventually becoming accountable for health. There remains little detail on devolution[…]

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    Stephen Hughes: Commercial nous 1
    • in Blogs · Recent Posts
    • — 25 Nov, 2014

    Stephen Hughes: Commercial nous

    Stephen Hughes is the former chief executive of Birmingham City Council and a strategic adviser to local government There is a strong cultural feeling that the commercial approach of the[…]

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  • Looking for a new England 0
    • in Agent 151 · Recent Posts
    • — 18 Nov, 2014

    Looking for a new England

    In the aftermath of the Scottish ‘No’ vote it is hard to predict how things will settle down. Politicians, excited by the record numbers that cast their ballot, see it[…]

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    Dom Piper: Deconstructing a money market fund 0
    • in Recent Posts · Treasury
    • — 18 Nov, 2014

    Dom Piper: Deconstructing a money market fund

    Dom Piper is Managing Director, Global Liquidity with J.P. Morgan Asset Management Historically the term ‘money market fund’ was a fairly loose catch all definition for various short duration funds ranging from[…]

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  • Richard Harbord: Concern grows over local authority bankruptcy 1
    • in Blogs · Recent Posts · Richard Harbord
    • — 5 Nov, 2014

    Richard Harbord: Concern grows over local authority bankruptcy

    Richard Harbord is chief executive of Boston Borough Council Life has been very difficult for local authorities over the last five years but the latest pronouncements indicate that it is[…]

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    Capita partners with PSLive to bolster treasury offering 1
    • in 151 News · Recent Posts · Treasury
    • — 29 Oct, 2014

    Capita partners with PSLive to bolster treasury offering

    Treasury advisor Capita Asset Services has agreed a strategic partnership with Public Sector Live (PSL), which will see the promotion of the latter’s TreasuryLive risk management software. Capita will combine[…]

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  • Barnett formula, LGPS reform and generating revenue 0
    • in Blogs · James Bevan · Recent Posts
    • — 15 Oct, 2014

    Barnett formula, LGPS reform and generating revenue

      In a change to James’ regular markets briefing, we asked CCLA’s chief investment officer to reflect on some of the challenges facing local authorities today. R151: The Scottish referendum had[…]

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    LATIF delegates to decrease investments with UK banks 0
    • in Recent Posts · Treasury
    • — 25 Sep, 2014

    LATIF delegates to decrease investments with UK banks

    Local authorities are losing faith in banks as counterparties for their investments, according to a survey of treasurers undertaken by Room151. An electronic survey held during last week’s Local Authority[…]

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  • Opportunity knocks for debt managers 0
    • in Funding · Recent Posts · Treasury
    • — 24 Sep, 2014

    Opportunity knocks for debt managers

    In recent years Leeds has remodeled its loan book to significantly improve its cost of debt. Bhupinder Chana, principle finance officer at Leeds City Council explains how they’ve done it. Since[…]

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    Councils are not to be trusted 0
    • in Agent 151 · Blogs · Recent Posts
    • — 17 Sep, 2014

    Councils are not to be trusted

      Agent 151 is a senior local authority finance director and S151 officer writing exclusively for Room151 The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has published a report on funding for[…]

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    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[...] dlvr.it/SQlNVC pic.twitter.com/KkGGnduzPL

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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-…

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

    Room151 1 week ago

    ‘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

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