The start of the year brought positivity to markets, with emerging evidence that inflation had peaked in many major economies, bringing greater expectations that central banks would begin to slow down their interest rate hiking programmes. The end of the quarter [...]
MPA is proud to have supported the next generation of leaders by sponsoring coaching specialists Coolsportz to deliver the Playmaker Award through its MPA Charitable Foundation. Based in South Warwickshire and established by Neil Supperstone, Coolsportz is a dynamic coaching company [...]
Sustainable investing is something we are increasingly asked about by our clients. Whilst everybody's main goal will usually be to make a profit or sustain an income, most clients are happy to include ESG (environmental, social and governance) investments as a [...]
On Wednesday 15 March, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Government’s 2023 Spring Budget. Having been forced to intervene with a series of economic measures designed to stabilise the economy following the turbulence of the Mini Budget in September 2022, the Chancellor [...]
At the latest quarterly review of the PruFund range of smoothed investments, the PruFund Growth Fund has applied a downward Unit Price Adjustment (UPA) of-2.63%. This affects investments in some pension products, (Series A Trustee Investment Plan) ISAs and offshore bonds [...]
We are delighted to announce that we have once again achieved Chartered Status from the premier professional body for the insurance and financial planning professions. Following an in-depth assessment of our professional practice and customer service, we have been awarded the [...]
Last year we provided a “5 Easy Ways to Make Your Tax Year End a Success” article aimed at providing a simple, thought-provoking guide to maximising your tax year end allowances, ensuring that you mad the most of your finances. Following [...]
MPA is proud to be among other organisations including Birmingham City University, Warwickshire Cricket Board and coaching consultants, Pearn Kandola, sponsoring innovative cricket initiative, SACA. The South Asian Cricket Academy (SACA) is an intervention programme designed to tackle the inequalities highlighted [...]
We have today been made aware that the scheduled essential maintenance due on the Abrdn platform between Thursday 26th January 2023 until Wednesday 1st February 2023 has been postponed . As a result, the Abrdn platform will continue to be available [...]
We spoke to Independent Financial Adviser (IFA) Jean Hall DipPFS about switching careers, striking the balance between work and family life and what she enjoys most about working at MPA. How did you get into Financial Services? “I have 27 years’ [...]
