As we reach the midpoint of 2025, global markets have shown a notable degree of resilience, even as geopolitical events, mixed economic data, and shifting interest rate expectations have kept investors on edge. Our Head of Investment Chris Wheeler explores how [...]
On 30 October 2024, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Autumn Budget. With many predicting a Halloween scare in terms of tax rises for many apart from the loosely defined “working people”, The Chancellor did not disappoint. Vowing to “restore stability” to [...]
In our latest market commentary, our adviser Chis Wheeler looks back on the key trends from the first quarter of 2024. The start of the year has seen significant fluctuations in the stock markets and an evolving economic landscape, influenced by a [...]
I had high hopes for 2023 in investment markets at the start of the year but that quickly subsided when inflation kept going up and so did interest rates, and both of these factors have a massive impact on investment portfolios. [...]
On November 29th 2023, members of the MPA team, Joe McGovern, Jenny Hall, and Timon White convened at the PMX Young Adviser Roundtable meeting in London. The focus of the discussions centred on the financial challenges faced by today's youth, addressing [...]
Jeremy Hunt delivered his Autumn Statement yesterday and as always we are looking at how it affects the majority of our clients in pensions and investments. Pensions The big issue here was the confirmation that the Lifetime Allowance (LTA) would be [...]
In the third quarter of this year, we finally saw a notable decline in UK inflation, which allowed the Bank of England to ease off on their counter-inflation measures, with the base rate only rising 0.25% across this quarter. Other key [...]
The summer months have given us reason to be cautiously optimistic that we are moving away, albeit slowly, from two of the main themes that have characterised the past year – rising inflation and interest rates. In August, the Bank of [...]
A look at the last quarter of 2022 and the end of a challenging year for investors. Quarterly highlights include: Economic growth data in the US, Eurozone and UK, reported in Q4, exceeded expectations. Whilst GDP growth forecasts for 2023 continued to [...]
After the mini budget a couple of weeks ago the financial markets went into a tailspin, essentially due to the level of tax cuts announced and the fact the Government had not explained how they were going to pay for them. [...]
