Treasury & Strategic Solutions

ATS provides depositors the opportunity to access a plethora of respected financial institutions who can offer enhanced returns on cash deposits (especially compared to those provided by relationship banks) which may also not be accessible directly through the market or other sources. The products provided through the service range from fixed term deposits, which include “ESG” variants, to call and notices accounts across a range of UK and non-UK banks available in GBP, EUR, and USD markets. Dealing with the ATS panel banks means that there will be no Know Your Customer (KYC), compliance or FATCA requirements to be completed either now, or on an ongoing basis, with those banks that our clients wish to place funds with. The process of on-boarding is, therefore, a much quicker and efficient process. ATS investors further benefit from our negotiating strength with financial institutions to access a competitive rate on their cash surpluses. Critically, ATS does not compromise the investor’s ability to deal through the market but enhances the opportunities available to place investments, as we are placing deposits of up to £3bn, at any one time.

Our experts have arranged leases in relation to around £2 billion of assets.

We streamline processes to deliver tangible savings, as well as centralise leases to help you manage them. We:

• Advise on the funding of all types of vehicle, plant and equipment to ensure best value is achieved
• Manage our client’s mini-competition requirements through our market leading Find a Tender service tendered specialist frameworks
• Assist with vehicle procurement for the outright purchase of assets through our market leading Find a Tender service tendered framework
• Provide bespoke public sector lease documentation, reflecting asset specific requirements, eliminating hidden costs and ensuring lessors quote on a consistent basis
• Support and advise on accounting for lease arrangements under International Financial Reporting Standards
• Provide IFRS 16 Lease accounting software
• Generate real, identifiable savings through proactive management of our client’s lease portfolios

We provide bespoke and tailored advice and support in relation to Capital strategy planning and revenue modelling

We provide the following services:

• Project risk assessments and due-diligence
• Company and share valuations
• Corporate finance advice

We provide investment advice and a comprehensive counterparty risk assessment service where we will:

• Distribute credit ratings from all three rating agencies on a real-time basis
• Provide other market credit risk metrics
• Provide risk/reward evaluations to assist clients in assessing their risk appetites and tolerance levels
• Identify products that provide real benefits to our clients, in line with their strategic objectives
• Undertake External Fund Manager selections and monitoring reports in relation to specialist asset types
• Perform ESG-related analysis reports on investment strategies and portfolios, including both day-to-day Treasury investments as well as longer-term options

We provide advice on borrowing from the widest range of sources possible to ensure we find the right solution for our clients’ needs and strive to minimise the costs of new borrowing. We:

• Provide a proactive debt advisory service
• Identify opportunities to refine the costs of current debt through a proactive debt restructuring service
• Develop new funding sources to optimise the cost of new capital finance including financing from the private and public markets
• Provide financial modelling where required to assess new borrowing or restructuring opportunities

We provide advice and solutions for clients who use or are looking to utilise derivatives as part of their treasury strategy. We can help to:

• Devise hedging strategies
• Provide indicative pricing and benchmarking the cost of derivatives
• Carry out regular mark-to-market valuations and monitoring counterparty exposures
• Arrange ISDA documentation and counterparty derivative lines
• Support clients with negotiations with banks when exiting any derivatives or loans with embedded derivatives such as Lender Option Borrowers Option (LOBO) loans

Public Sector Capital Finance, Risk Management and Regulatory Advice

• Risk Management: Due Diligence & Risk Assessments
  
• Business Case Appraisal
• Regulatory Advice: Compliance with accounting standards & statutory regulations
• IFRS9 Financial Instruments
• IFRS16 Transition Private Finance
• IAS38 & IFRS16 Cloud accounting
• Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP)
• Subsidy Control Compliance

We provide comprehensive treasury and capital financing training programmes which are tailored to meet our clients’ requirements, based on our clients own financial circumstances and future strategy, which also takes into account the Capital Programme, the current and projected future Balance Sheet and debt and investment positions.

Through our key treasury management and capital financing services, we:

• Work with our award-winning partners’ Capital Economics, to provide economic and interest rate information and advice in support of key financial decision making and financial planning assumptions
• Advise on the debt structure and funding of capital expenditure, as well as ongoing debt portfolio management, including debt restructuring
• Assess long-term debt and investment requirements against a longer-term cash flow forecast
• Provide investment support for portfolio risk management, and assess appropriate investment instruments, fund selection, monitoring and investment benchmarking
• Advise and support on regulatory and accountancy requirements to ensure compliance with CIPFA Treasury Management Code of Practice, the CIPFA Prudential Code and any other emerging regulation, guidance/codes
• Support and help with treasury management reporting
• Provide CPD accredited workshops and e-training events for clients and elected/board members

Support and deliver savings for our clients' vehicle procurement requirements:

• market leading ultra-low-cost fleet purchase framework
• manufacturer rebate set at a transparent and affordable £1 per unit for vehicles up to £100,000 and £50 rebate per unit for vehicles in excess of £100,000
• more discount is passed on to our clients, generating significant savings over other vehicle procurement frameworks
• we manage a number of public procurement frameworks on behalf of our clients, and these are available for other clients and the wider public sector to use.