You may have heard the term ‘Consumer Duty’ more and more in the media recently. However, do you know what this means to you, as a consumer? Our Trainee Compliance Officer, Samantha Davies, explains. The overarching principle under Consumer Duty is [...]
Through MPA’s Charitable Foundation, we have recently had the pleasure of supporting a range of talented sportspeople and community initiatives with donations totalling nearly £3,000. Sending Leo Ward to the Junior World Series Earlswood cricketer, Leo Ward, has been selected to [...]
As many of our clients may already be aware, IFA Sue Houldsworth has taken the decision to retire and call time on her successful career within financial services. She will be missed by us all at MPA, but we wish her [...]
Whilst the start of the year had brought positivity to markets with evidence that inflation had peaked in many major economies, bringing greater expectations that Central Banks would begin to slow down their interest rate rises, recent weeks have seen inflation [...]
We are pleased to announce an important update regarding the security of our communication channels. Email cybercrime is an ever-growing risk to people and businesses. As a Company, we have taken the decision to enhance the security around email communication to [...]
We are all affected by interest rates, be it bank deposit rates, mortgage rates and gilt yields, in different ways. Rising bank interest rates are good for savers but poor for mortgage holders who are not on a fixed rate. Rising [...]
At the Spring Budget in March 2023, The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that he was going to abolish the Pension Lifetime Allowance. Rather than increase the threshold, as many had predicted he would, the Chancellor removed the cap completely. The change [...]
At its recent quarterly update on its PruFund range, Prudential has adjusted its Unit Price. The fund is our largest holding for clients and on our Best Buy List, so here, our MD Phil McGovern provides an update on what this [...]
