Sponsored article: The PWLB consultation raises the prospect of restrictions on council borrowing while the UKMBA remains a cheap alternative open to all local authorities, writes Christian Wall. It remains[…]
Local authorities aware of all their options for managing risk will be the best prepared to find a way through the current uncertainty, writes Fraser MacKay. As the pandemic continues,[…]
Against a backdrop of negative real returns on cash many corporate and local government treasurers are looking for alternative solutions, writes Rory Sandilands. Short-dated corporate bonds which are relatively close[…]
Sponsored article: Lesley-Ann Morgan examines the integration of ESG into a multi-asset investment process. When many of us think about local authority treasury investing, we might think about the shorter[…]
The future lending terms for local government borrowing has become a sensitive topic. Room151.co.uk brought experts together to explore the issue. The debate over councils borrowing from PWLB for commercial[…]
Sponsored article: Pre-pandemic fiscal performance will shape local government’s capacity to address the long-term impacts of the coronavirus, writes Zoe Jankel. The coronavirus pandemic has had material effects on the[…]
Andrew Hardingham explains how an interest rate swap enables Plymouth to “lock into a known, fixed rate for an agreed term, while retaining the flexibility to continue borrowing at lower,[…]
Long-term fixed rate loans may be low risk but, argues David Green, the lowest risk comes with a portfolio including a “decent proportion” of short-term borrowing. A recent Room 151[…]
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[…]
Sponsored article: Jim Boyd talks about dividends, ESG and housing for some of society’s most vulnerable people. In two months’ time, the Fundamentum Social Housing REIT Plc (FSHR) will be[…]
