11 Sept 2020Local Authorities
What happened to Carillion?
What led to their demise and were the warning signs there?
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07 Sept 2020Borrowing
Pass the PWLB
Allowing local authorities to transfer PWLB loans between each other could dramatically increase flexibility in debt management, reduce risk and deliver substantial savings. In this Insight Arlingclose examine how this could work.
02 Sept 2020Investing
Strategic Fund Allocations and Managing Risk
How do you minimise risk when investing in Strategic Pooled Funds?
01 Sept 2020Technical
The Capital Financing Requirement (CFR)
The CFR measures a vital component of an authority’s capital strategy, the amount of capital spending that has not yet been financed by capital receipts, capital grants or contributions from revenue income.
27 Aug 2020Economic Updates
Irrational Exuberance
Time to dust off Greenspan's warning?
25 Aug 2020Economic Updates
Give us a Waive
Sterling yields are heading towards zero – and perhaps MMF fees are too
24 Aug 2020Local Authorities
Managing Optimum Cash Balances
Liquidity is a key requirement of an effective treasury operation but is holding excessive liquidity an expensive luxury in the current interest rate environment? Are there ways in which the optimum cash balance can be calculated?
21 Aug 2020Local Authorities
Are you holding too much cash?
The elephant in the room is the likelihood of more widespread negative interest rates
20 Aug 2020Technical
Capitalising on your Capital Strategy
Arlingclose have provided our clients with a template to form the basis for their capital strategy