MPA Charitable Foundation Sponsors Students’ Costa Rica Mission
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 for sponsorship in order to make their trip a reality, and MPA, along [...]
MPA Launches Events and Charities Committee
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Events and Charities Committee. Our aim is to have a dedicated committee within our business comprising enthusiastic people who will spearhead initiatives to support local charities. It will also take the lead on organising our staff social and team building events. MPA Managing Director [...]
What does ‘Consumer Duty’ mean for you?
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 that a firm must act to deliver good outcomes for clients and put [...]
MPA shows it’s an all-round good sport with a raft of donations
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 play for England under 17s in the Junior World Series 2023 cricket tournament [...]
Happy Retirement, Sue!
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 nothing but happiness and she embarks on the next stage in her life. [...]
May 2023 Market Summary
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 remain stubbornly high, especially in the UK. This has led to interest rate [...]
MPA Enhances Security When Communicating with Clients
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 our clients, specifically those emails that contain personal and sensitive data, to ensure [...]
What’s Going on with Interest Rates?
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 gilt yields are good for annuity purchase but poor for investors. Here, our [...]
Changes to the Pension Lifetime Allowance
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 came into effect in April 2023. Victoria Jones/PA Wire In a [...]