How planners are meeting the tech stack challenge
Advice professionals say practice management systems are the weakest point in their advice tech, more so than their chosen platforms.
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?
The evolution of platforms: For better or worse?
When it comes to change and innovation, platforms would argue they are changing all the time – constantly building improvements in functionality and service.
The Top Class Wednesday Update won’t charge you to leave
Well, the good news is I’ve been allowed access to the TCWU keyboard again to write another one of these, so I must have done something right last time.
The big platform debate: Where does innovation come from?
The setpiece debate at our recent HomeGame 3 event in Edinburgh looked at where change and innovation comes from in the platform market.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is ready to go again
As various parts of the world descend into something out a Hieronymous Bosch picture Mark looks back on our Home Game 3 event and we also tap the mood of the recent labour party conference.
The Top Class Wednesday Update has got deja vu
Last Friday it was the turn of Platform CEOs to have their weekend ruined, with the now traditional Friday afternoon publication of a Dear CEO letter.
The Top Class Wednesday Update has a big week ahead
We’ll get to business in a moment, siblings, but before we do I know you’ll indulge me when I say Very Good Things will be happing in 7 days’ time.
The Top Class Wednesday Update: Kilted and booted edition
Mark reflects on the awards season and a fun session with Many Australians on a study tour, and how our regulatory regime compares to theirs.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is being written by the newbie
New boy Ben Hammond covers simplified advice being given the boot and some recent impacts of private equity ownership of platforms.
