The Top Class Wednesday Update can’t stop launching

Steve takes the helm for this week’s #Update as he celebrates not only last night’s Scotland draw with Portugal but also the official launch of State of the Advice Nation (wave 7), our big omnibus study on the advice profession.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is committed to meaningful change

Steve is in the hot seat this week and is sharing is very own manifestos.
Three State of the Advice Nation findings that took us by surprise

Amid all the data in the latest wave of SOTAN, there were a few results – from paraplanning to AI – that made us sit up and take notice.
Have your say in State of the Advice Nation

State of the Advice Nation (SOTAN) is the lang cat’s flagship annual adviser research study and we’re in the throes of gathering the views of financial advice professionals for wave six.
The Top Class Wednesday Update says it’s better late than never

Fresh from a luxurious spa weekend, Steve shares some early insights from our annual State of the Advice Nation research.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is always at your service

Our recent research is clear. Service is the number one determining factor of satisfaction and frustration with providers among the advice profession.
The Top Class Wednesday Update has the occasional existential crisis

You do realise Steve that all we do in this sector is make rich people a bit richer? This, clearly, is an offensively reductive view of the world.
The Top Class Wednesday Update has only just recovered

If you’ll be so kind, I want to use this update to reflect on a few aspects of our Home Truths event that really stuck out for me.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is happy to be proved wrong

Steve here, subbing in for Mark. It’s been a while. How’s it going? I’ve had a book kicking about the bedroom for months now, How to be wrong by that polarising fella off the Twitter, James O’Brien. Just never got round to starting it. Those algorithmically-driven midnight YouTube death spirals aren’t going to watch themselves […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE IS THINKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE

Alright? It’s Steve here subbing in for Mark this week with a different kind of update. Firstly, isn’t it just lovely to see our friends south of the border start to get out and about a wee bit, with social media in particular positively awash with all things haircut-ey and beer garden-ey? Whisper it… maybe… […]