COVID-19 announcement – Lockdown NOT over yet…
I am sure that many of you were poised by the TV last night at 7pm to hear the latest announcement made by Boris Johnson... There was no sign of the lockdown being lifted immediately, however will the latest changes begin to pave the way for "normality" to resume; People who "cannot work from [...]
MPA Charity make another donation to local primary school…
Due to the success and the fabulous feedback, The MPA Charitable Foundation have joined forces with Neil Supperstone from Coolsportz and Henley-in-Arden Primary School again in support of the PlayMakers Award and has made another £500 donation to allow the children to be a part of this amazing opportunity. The PlayMaker Award aims to [...]
MPA Furlough Leave changeover…..
Due to the reduction in work, for understandable reasons, MPA confirmed on the 9th April that we had taken the decision to furlough half of our Administration team - read the full story here; https://www.mpafm.co.uk/mpa-to-furlough-administration-staff/ 3 weeks have now passed and the first half of our Administration Team return to work today - Welcome back [...]
Market Commentary – Quarter 1…
Summary The spread of Covid-19 profoundly affected global markets in the first quarter. Equities suffered steep declines and government bond yields fell (prices rose) as investors favoured their perceived safety. Shares fell across developed markets as coronavirus spread and countries went into lockdown to try to contain the outbreak. Governments and central banks announced [...]
Phil addresses PruFund drop in New Model Adviser article…
New Model Adviser yesterday issued an article, as part of its New Model Adviser top 100 IFA firms revisit, in which it asked Advisers how their portfolios held up during the crash and which funds delivered or performed badly in February and March . As the scale of the coronavirus pandemic revealed itself to the [...]
Unexpected events and the effect on Equities…
Unexpected world events which have sudden, material impacts on the financial markets are nothing new. It is important to keep uncertain headlines and volatile moves in perspective by looking back at the equity market’s performance during and after similarly disruptive past events. While at the time it can feel like a crisis is rapidly [...]
ESG investing – The new normal?…
Needless to say that the events of the last several months have caused large scale disruptions to the lives of everyone and will no doubt fundamentally change our outlook on many issues. Possibly one of the few beneficiaries from the enforcement of global lockdowns across the world could be considered to be the environment. [...]
A message from Eddie Ball…
'After nearly 40 years experience of working in Financial Services, visions would appear to be the same today as before. Events during this unprecedented time have created opportunities for planning if you remain positive. The good days will come back. I am here to help you get through this challenging time which has changed [...]
A message from Ann Baguley…
'My role at the moment is emotional support for clients - its a scary time from a health and emotional perspective and clients are also worried about the dips in the value of their investments. The news doesn't help as they always tell you about the bad news, seldom the good. I tell my [...]