The Top Class Wednesday Update’s second draft may say something completely different…

TCWU is mostly this week talking about pensions. But before we do, let us reflect ion the trials and tribulations of political party leadership.
The Top Class Wednesday Update needed the camper van for work, alright?

Mark reflects on Citywire’s good look at the (34 they counted) major PE-backed advice firms in terms of their deal flow, their financial health and more.
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 traverses filaments of light

This week we’re talking about one of the few remaining truly opaque areas in this business we call show, and that’s the perennial issue of cash on platforms.
The Top Class Wednesday Update has checked down the back of the machine

It turns out that quite a lot of asset managers are still using fax machines. 62% to be precise. And the UK isn’t the worst – the USA and Singapore are up at well over 70%
The Top Class Wednesday Update only likes the right sort of friction

My mind has gone to places it shouldn’t thanks to the latest on the advice / guidance boundary review. It seems the game’s a bogey and it’s back to the drawing board.
The Top Class Wednesday Update won’t keep you

It’s Budget day, siblings, so I won’t keep you too long. In fact I can’t ever keep you. This is just an email; I haven’t got you trussed up in a corner somewhere.
The Top Class Wednesday Update says consensus works

This week we venture to Pensionsland, not for the lulz but to highlight an interesting skirmish led by our own pensions simian Lord McPhail of The Shires.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is £1,000 short

Right, let’s spoil the party with some new Consumer Duty stuff. The topic of value for money is going to be a battleground. And we need to talk about due diligence.
The Top Class Wednesday Update rocks (for Ukraine)

An unusual Update this week, all given over to one topic which is nothing to do with anything other than trying to get you to help raise some money.