The Top Class Wednesday Update still keeps a vigil amongst the silliness
Silly season is upon us and this year’s is notable for the being completely indistinguishable from the bin fire that’s been the rest of 2023.
The Top Class Wednesday Update doesn’t want a flyer
It’s Edinburgh Festival time up here, so we’re all in a foul mood. Will the FCA booting the mooted ‘core investment advice’ regime into touch help?
The Top Class Wednesday Update prepares hatches for battening
SJP and 1825 have both been in the news this week with chunky value write downs. Is that cold east wind starting to blow?
The Top Class Wednesday Update has re-entry issues
Consumer Duty day is coming. Meantime mucking around with pension death benefits is going on again and Space Karen has gone X.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is interested in interest
With interest rates at their highest since 2008, Mark looks at what it all means for advisers, their clients and the platforms that serve them.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is always obliging
There’s a clear two-speed market developing around the provision of VFM assessments, target market stuff and other Consumer Dutery data.
The Top Class Wednesday Update basks in the sun
Let’s open our textbooks at L for LV=, which has just announced its long-in-the-making partnership with Embark. Meanwhile, others are adding house funds.
The Top Class Wednesday Update works on all operating systems
Big week this week with abrdn’s AdviserOS announcement and news that M&G finally managed to get the PruFund range up on its platform.
The Top Class Wednesday Update said ‘Cha! Cha! Cha!’
Mark looks at the role of adviser as manufacturer, or at least our evolving understanding of who does what and what regulations they labour under.
The Top Class Wednesday Update can also sit in a chair
There’s a huge gap (hey, good name for a report) between what people who’ve had real advice and planning think about it and what those who haven’t think about it.
