Storkey & Co Limited is an international management consultancy providing independent specialist advice on government debt and cash management to central and state/regional/local governments, and government enterprises.

The company employs or works in partnership with recognised experts who have considerable international experience in the finance markets and in public sector debt management.  With their extensive project and change management expertise , they have developed an international reputation for delivering the highest quality practical solutions.

Consultancy Director Ian Storkey has spent more than 25 years working in financial markets and public sector debt management as an international consultant and for the New Zealand Treasury (Debt Management Office) in Wellington and London. Over the past 10 years, this work has been focussed on providing policy advice and project management expertise to government clients to enable them to build their capacity and systems in public debt and cash management.

Since the company was established in early 2001, assignments have been undertaken in the areas of public debt and cash management, and treasury debt/risk management systems in Australia, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Laos, Lithuania, Malawi, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Thailand, The Gambia, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

The company's expertise has been highly valued by the Asian Development Bank, AusAID, Commonwealth Secretariat, DCI, DFID, EU, IMF, NZAID, UNCTAD, UNDP, USAID and World Bank on technical assistance projects covering public sector cash, debt and risk management, including capacity building and training.

Storkey and Co Limited's website provides information on public debt management, including the issues associated with the establishment of a debt management office (DMO).  There is a library of recent documents and presentations along a list of events containing upcoming training courses, conferences and recent developments in debt management theory and practice.  There are useful links to international institutions such as the ADB, AfDB, CS-DRMS, DMFAS, DRI, EBRD, ECCB, HIPC, IDB, MEFMI, OECD, PDM, UNITAR, WAIFEM, World Bank, sovereign debt offices, debt management units, sub-national debt management units and other relevant or useful sites.

Current Account
as at 14 June 2009

Website Update
The April 2009 Newsletter has been posted to the website along with an updated list of sovereign debt management
Links and References.

UNCTAD's Seventh Debt Management Conference will take place in Geneva from 9 to 11 November 2009, followed by the 7th DMFAS Advisory Group from 12 to 13 November 2009. The Conference agenda can be downloaded from:
http://r0.unctad.org/dmfas/
dmconf2009.html

Central Banking Publications (CBP) will hold their annual 4-day training course on Government Debt Management: New Trends and Challenges at Clare College Cambridge from 1-4 September. For course details refer to CBP's website to download the brochure:
http://www.centralbanking.co.uk

We have updated our network of consultants. The team has extensive experience of providing technical assistance and training in debt and cash management to governments worldwide. For more information, refer to the Network section.

UNITAR is introducing two new e-learning courses with Enrique Cosio-Pascal as course director covering (i) audit of public debt, and (ii) advance risk management. There are now courses covering the fundamentals of the money markets, bond market, foreign exchange market, derivatives, and risk management. For online courses for 2009, refer to:
http://www2.unitar.org/dfm/dfmelearning/I ndex.htm

The IMF and World Bank have developed a very comprehensive spreadsheet model and guidance note for developing a medium term debt management strategy (MTDS) which was demonstrated at the recent Sovereign Debt Management Forum in Washington DC. For more details on MTDS, refer to
http://go.worldbank.org/K92D4DFV70