For the fourteenth consecutive time in a row, the Bank of England has raised interest rates in order to try to reduce inflation. Now at 5.25%, interest rates are at the highest they’ve been for fifteen years, however the base rate [...]
As a result of Abrdn making continued improvements to their online platforms, we have been advised by Abrdn that they will be performing essential maintenance on the platform over the weekend, which may cause some disruptions. We have been advised that [...]
The second quarter of the year continued in much the same vain as the first, with central banks increasing interest rates in an attempt to curb stubbornly high inflation. However, stronger than expected economic activity in both the UK and the [...]
If you are an MPA client, you will have received a rather long legal document explaining how the Standard Life Assurance products and investments are being rebranded over the next 12 months. You will be aware that Standard Life Investments have [...]
We have been made aware that clients and internal staff are having issues accessing data on the Abrdn platform. Abrdn are aware and are working hard to rectify the issues as soon as possible. In the meantime, we would like to [...]
Towards the end of 2022, we were contacted by Oliver Kerslake and Toby Beaumont, two students from Bosworth College, who were planning on travelling to Costa Rica to take part in a range of humanitarian projects. Oliver and Toby were looking [...]
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 [...]
