Treasury Consultancy Services

Butlers is a consultancy company specialising exclusively in the provision of a wide range of financial services to the UK public sector. The company commenced operations in this area in 1991 and since then has built up a substantial list of contracted clients.

Sound Support, Independent Advice

Within the ICAP plc Group, the world’s leading financial broking organisation, Butlers operates independently.  The ICAP plc Group has been working with local authorities and other public sector organisations since the 1930s, initially in its capacity as money broker but later through the more specialist advice of Butlers itself. The resources of the whole of the Group would be at the Council’s disposal.

Expert Personnel

The Butlers team comprises fifteen members of staff, specialists in disciplines of particular relevance to local authorities and registered with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to provide advice of a financial nature. Three team members have experience of local government finance at the highest level, having served as Chief Finance Officers at various authorities.  In all, there are six CIPFA members at clients’ disposal; a factor which underlines the heavy bias to the provision of high quality, focused advice to local authorities.

A Balanced Approach

Butlers is capable of dealing with every aspect of Treasury Management. The team uses the diverse expertise of its individual members and consultants to deliver a well balanced service best suited to the individual needs of its clients. Each authority is assigned a client manager at the outset of the contract period who is used as the primary source of contact and ensures that individual needs are dealt with quickly and efficiently. This manager is supported by other members of the team to ensure there is always a contact available to channel enquiries to the most appropriate expert.

Tailor-Made Strategies and Services

We appreciate the fact that each client has individual needs and objectives and a tailor-made strategy is devised. This strategy, and subsequent borrowing and investment decisions, take account of the Council’s credit ceilings, the impact on both the General Fund and Housing Revenue Account and any existing or potential changes in legislation. Clients are able to choose precisely which elements of the service they wish to subscribe to and the fee structure is drawn up to ensure costs are contained within the bounds of reasonableness.