Three Rivers

11/25 What do local authority finance officers want for Christmas?

10/25 Framework for quantifying public sector preventative spend developed

08/25 Solving the senior finance recruitment crisis

06/25 Owen Mapley: fair funding is not the fix-all for council finance crisis

06/25 Factor-based investing: LGPS Central’s take on the Fama-French model

04/25 Children’s care spending at ‘all-time high’ as early intervention outlay plummets

03/25 Planning reform ‘no panacea’, political instability stifles housing investment

02/25 Mark Finnegan interview: borrowing strategies, devolution and the future of treasury functions

02/25 10 things ChatGPT learnt about local government finance last week

11/24 Children’s social care: are the new reforms tackling the right issue?

11/24 LGPS Investment Forum highlights: allocating in times of change

09/24 Finance Directors’ Summit 2024 in review: taking the next steps in a challenging environment

08/24 Municipal Missions Manifesto: A new dawn for local government has broken, has it not? – Alison Ring

07/24 ‘Critical’ spending review a chance to bring ‘desperately needed’ stability to council finances

07/24 NAO: councils’ homelessness funding is ‘complex, fragmented and uncertain’

04/24 No ‘silver bullet’ but plenty of ways to help solve council financial crisis, says MOTB panel

04/24 LGPS patient capital and affordable housing– a perfect match?

03/24 ‘Politics impacts everything’ – LATIF North’s Treasury Management Roundtable

03/24 15 years of change in government bond and cash markets

03/24 Housing151 in review: addressing the UK’s housing crisis

03/24 Budget focuses on devolution and productivity rather than ‘addressing extreme financial pressures’ facing local government

02/24 Are council housing companies the answer to the housing crisis?

01/24 London ‘building twice as many council homes as rest of the country’

12/23 Alison Ring: setting a new direction for local authority accounts

11/23 Causes of section 114 warnings now systemic, parliamentary committee told

10/23 Are money market fund yields nearing their peak?

09/23 LATIF and Finance Directors’ Summit in review: finding solutions to a sea of challenges

08/23 Mid Devon to close property company due to ‘challenging housing market’

07/23 DLUHC to implement its new proposals to clear audit backlog by year-end

07/23 Border to Coast launches engagement programme on just transition

06/23 LUHC audit inquiry: s151 officers say ‘compromises’ needed to clear audit backlog as array of failings are highlighted

06/23 Build-to-rent: a growing occupancy trend

06/23 Manchester reports manageable £4.5m overspend against 2022/23 budget

03/23 New dates announced for Room151’s Women in Finance Network

02/23 Districts ‘disappointed’ at final finance settlement

01/23 LGA: workforce shortages ‘threatening delivery of local services’

01/23 Treasury societies ‘disappointed’ over IFRS 9 decision

05/22 MOTB speakers and attendees call for permanent IFRS 9 override

12/21 Spending review prompts more calls for long-term funding answers

09/21 ‘Unknowns’ linger in social care calculations

10/20 LGPS: Passive or responsible? You can’t have it both ways.

10/20 Investing in the low-carbon transition

05/20 LGPS pools: Navigating the impact of a pandemic

01/20 Councils count cost of office-to-resi rules

01/20 Counties highlight disparity in roads funding

07/19 Surge in annual borrowing pushes PWLB closer to liabilities cap

07/19 Councils need cash and certainty, LGIU warns

06/19 Merseyside invests £30m in first LGPS deal with Funding Circle

06/19 Services set to suffer as adult social care spending share drops

04/19 LGPS Q&A: London CIV’s Mike O’Donnell

03/19 London CIV to launch StepStone-managed infra fund

01/19 John Harrison: The triennial challenge

01/19 Investing in water: demographics, market access and political risk

11/18 Show and tell: 10 best practices in public sector financial planning

10/18 Central banks, the age of populism and local authority investors

08/18 LGPS recruitment guide launched

04/18 LGPS Pools Roundup: Access appoints Link, CIO for Border to Coast, Central launches funds, new chair for Northern Pool

04/18 Five LGPS funds invest £100m in the private rented sector

09/17 CIPFA president Andrew Burns on LATIF 2017 and the drivers of commercial investment

04/17 LGPS Roundtable: Geo-political risk and asset allocation

01/17 John Harrison: Rethinking asset allocation