The Top Class Wednesday Update is also fantastically complex
Mark has pensions on his mind, from Pensions Minister Paul Maynard speaking at our 8 February event to Origo’s latest pension transfer index.
The Top Class Wednesday Update helps you win pub quizzes
Is 2024 going to be the year we make significant progress on resolving the existential pain of letters of authority? Mark’s not convinced.
The Top Class Wednesday Update has no truck with dry anything
In which Mark considers Intelligent Money’s decision to reverse its SIPP pricing change and what price pressure means for the year ahead.
The lang cat’s albums of 2023
The annual roundup literally no-one has been waiting for. Here are Mark’s – and no-one else’s – ten best records of the year.
The Top Class Wednesday Update wishes you all the things
The last Top Class Wednesday Update for 2023 in which Mark highlights the three themes he thinks we’ll be talking about for most of 2024.
The Top Class Wednesday Update has literally never dipped
Mark’s updating this week and looking at cash balances on platforms and a now more muscular regulator…
The Top Class Wednesday Update is also for life
Mark pays tribute to the late, great Bill Vasilieff and speculates what the Autumn Statement might have in store. From pot for life pension proposals to possible tax giveaways.
The Top Class Wednesday Update can write nasty letters too
Last week’s Dear CEO letter from the FCA is unlikely to be making it into the Christmas compilations. Mark says ‘ooft’ and looks at some key points.
The Top Class Wednesday Update doesn’t see any intelligence at all
AI, Space Karen and Skynet. This week’s TCWU’s got it all going on. Mark considers whether AI is a threat or an opportunity for advisers and planners.
The Top Class Wednesday Update hates being proved right
There are only eight updates left until Christmas. This one is dedicated to SJP’s new charging structure. A missed opportunity?
