07 Sept 2022Borrowing
Big Brother is Watching You
The PWLB is here to stay but the scrutiny it now places on applications for funding has increased. Failure to comply will trigger a number of sanctions which are costly and best avoided.
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06 Sept 2022Economic Updates
How long will gilt shocks continue?
Is credibility in gilt markets eroding?
06 Sept 2022Economic Updates
Placing your Truss in the Bank of England
Economic Policies under Truss
23 Aug 2022Banking
Are Banks Prepared for Climate Change?
The Bank of England tested the UK’s largest banks and insurers on how prepared they are for financial risks caused by climate change.
11 Aug 2022Technical
The Glorious 31st
If you want to understand your local authority’s financial position which bits of the accounts should you focus on?
11 Aug 2022Investing
Derive Some Benefits
Derivatives don’t appear in many local authority portfolios. Used properly, they are excellent risk management tools, but they can be unfamiliar and a little more complicated. Nonetheless, some local authorities are taking advantage of derivatives indirectly through investments in certain pooled funds.
09 Aug 2022Technical
A Guarantee of Success?
Some authorities have looked at ways of undertaking planned projects whilst complying with the new rules, and one way of doing this is by obtaining third party loans for their subsidiaries, rather than lending the companies the money themselves.
28 Jul 2022Local Authorities
Taxing Borrowing?
They say everything comes back into fashion and this seems to be the case in terms of the control of local authority capital spend.
15 Jul 2022Local Authorities
A Roundup of Public Finance Live 2022
After a long two years of few ‘in real life’ meetings, the Arlingclose team were keen to get in front of clients and non-clients alike, at Public Finance Live 2022.