Local Authority Accounting Conference 2010 - ‘Delivering Strong Local Leadership’
Southampton - 4-5 March 2010
The CIPFA Local Authority Accounting Conference is the key national event for senior local authority finance team leaders and members. Two packed days of strategic, practical, motivating and innovative sessions will send you and your teams away fully armed with new strategic ideas and vital up-coming information.
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TISonline seeking new members
TISonline - CIPFA’s online resource - is seeking new members, who are willing to share their expertise and help update guidance. With the significant changes in the financial sector during the past year, the Investments editorial board is looking to update Investments to take account of the credit crunch and its implications for local authority treasury management. 

The editorial board meets two or three times a year in London to discuss drafts and updating requirements, with board members taking responsibility for drafting or updating a section that suits their skills and experience. For further information and to discuss what is involved, please contact Maria Menezes on maria.menezes@cipfa.org.uk or 020 8667 8153.

TMP Bulletin
With the spotlight not yet moving from Local Authority treasury management this Treasury Management Bulletin provides the latest update. It includes key skills for members and officers, details of current consultations and potential sources of information to help assess the credit worthiness of counterparties.

Volunteer Feedback Survey
We are always eager to hear existing (and potential) panel members' views on how we can help support you better. The Volunteer Survey offers a formal mechanism for you to feed back your views to CIPFA.

Discussion Paper on Risk Management
This discussion document is aimed, firstly, at strengthening awareness of the issues involved, and, secondly, at providing an outline of the type of developments which the Treasury Management Panel would wish to encourage in the risk management area. Click here to read the discussion paper and learn how to contribute your views.

Background Paper on Councils Use of Interest Rate Swaps in the Mid 1990s
At its last meeting the Panel discussed the use of derivatives by local authorities. A number of Panel members expressed a desire to better understand the legal issues arising from interest rate swaps in the early nineties, especially the Hammersmith and Fulham Case. This paper provides the Panel with background information on those cases. Download: Word | PDF