Managing performance in a choppy UK money market
Partner Content: CCLA Investment Management’s Robert Evans discusses an eventful few months for the Bank of England and monetary policy. The Bank of England (BoE) rarely springs a surprise. In[…]
Treasury
Prudential Code brings ‘clarity’ to investment strategies
New guidance from CIPFA has been hotly debated. Scott Dorling offers a lawyer’s guide through the new Prudential Code. The revised CIPFA Prudential Code for Capital Finance in Local Authorities[…]
Treasury looks forward to old issues with new challenges
David Green scans the treasury landscape for the coming year and finds codes of practice, levelling up, new accounting standards and interest rate rises looming. Happy New Year to Room[…]
12 days of Christmas messages from the section 151 officer
“On the 1st Day of Christmas my true love (section 151 officers) said to me (chief executives) – “I’ve got a list of 12 things for you to do!” The[…]
A year in the life of an s151: ‘We delivered unbelievable things’
Tracie Langley, Cornwall’s s151 officer, looks back at another year dominated by the pandemic, budgets, elections and “you-would-just-never-believe-it” stories. I can’t say I bounced out of bed on that first[…]
Making a clean, green future a reality
Sponsored article: William MacLeod explores the ‘net zero’ investment opportunities in renewable energy and the built environment. If COP26 emphasised anything, it was that the challenge to meet net zero[…]
Spending review prompts more calls for long-term funding answers
When the chancellor delivered this autumn’s spending review it was not without merit. But despite claims of a three-year settlements, experts worry funding structures remain distinctly short term. Despite October’s[…]
Treasury year in review: inflation, regulation, borrowing and investment ups and downs
It’s been an eventful year for treasury as it adpated to the pandemic and the changing economic landscape. David Blake takes a look at the year’s big treasury events. 2021[…]
A property fire sale triggered by Prudential Code could ‘shatter’ confidence in local economies
Officers and experts continue to debate the revised Prudential Code. Some now fear a fire sale of property that could undermine private sector confidence. While debate continues to rumble over[…]
Room151’s 10th Anniversary: A treasury decade that saw borrowing double and investments transformed
Ten years on the treasury landscape has been reshaped, writes David Green, as borrowing, investments, interest rates, regulation and accounting rules have all gone through change. As Room 151 celebrates[…]
