Treasury

The treasury management service is an important part of the overall financial management of the Council's affairs.

Treasury Management includes the management of cash flows, banking, money market transactions and capital market transactions; the effective control of the risks associated with those activities; and the pursuit of optimum performance consistent with those risks. For the Council this involves managing our cash flow on a daily basis using the money market to make investments with approved counterparties, and also managing our existing debt to ensure best value for money.

The Council's treasury activities are strictly regulated by statutory requirements and a professional code of practice (the CIPFA Code of Practice on Treasury Management).

Each year we provide a Treasury Management Strategy, which outlines the planned treasury activity for the forthcoming 3 years. The latest strategy can be downloaded below:

Treasury Management Strategy 2011-12 (186kB PDF)