THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE REMEMBERS CAPITAL UNITS
So that’s me back after a dalliance with the UK’s way of dealing with people who aren’t alive any more – initial skirmishes broadly successful but we haven’t even got to the IHT stuff yet. Thanks once again to those of you who sent best wishes and especially to those who stuck a fiver in […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE IS KEEPING ALL ITS VOWELS
Well this is exciting. Mark is off for a few days, so they’ve let me loose on the Update. The big industry news this week is that Standard Life Aberdeen is changing its name to Abrdn. Money Marketing has all the details, and Twitter has all the reaction. So rather than go over all that, […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE WILL DO IT FOR HALF THE PRICE
Well, I’m not quite sure what to say. So I’ll just say a big thank you – to Steve for writing such a nice thing last week, and to the many of you who’ve sent condolences and messages. This industry can be a very supportive place when we put our minds to it, and although […]
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… […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE WON’T BE NEEDING THE BARBER
You always know when it’s spring because it starts snowing. This is the Universe’s way of having a little fun with you; one week it’s taps aff and paggers in the Meadows; the next the heating is back on and the big duvet is out the cupboard again. The Universe enjoys its little jokes, does […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE WOULD MAKE A GREAT OMBUDSCAT
No, but we would, Hear us out, right? The thing is, this new report finds that FOS isn’t doing what it’s meant to do, which is provide fair dispute resolution at speed and without being too spendy about it. The report – well summarised by Jenna from Professional Adviser here – will make uncomfortable reading […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE HAS ALWAYS BEEN MOBILE
Some confusion here at the lang cat’s Secondary Port Authority as everyone else marks their year of lockdown this week, whereas ours was last week. Maybe we’re just even more antisocial than everyone else. Whichever is the case, this is as good a time as any to send a cloud of positive vibe-filled ethereal psychic […]
HAPPY LOCKDOWNIVERSARY FROM THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE
Jings, crivvens and help ma boab, it was a year ago yesterday that we emptied the fridge, fumigated the harder-to-reach areas of someone’s desk (M**k L***e) and had a quick fight over who would get to take the rest of the bog roll home (me). We shut the shutters and that’s been that for a […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE COUNTS THEM ALL BACK IN AGAIN
And so we bear down on a full year since all this madness began. Next week will mark the anniversary of when we shut the office; seems like twice that. For those readers in Engerland with kids, I hope the return to school has been good; ours is next week and it really can’t come […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE COULD TAKE SUNAK IN A SQUARE GO, EASY
Yeah, OK so he’s got our entire economic future held in his Coke-addicted (as opposed to coke-addicted, let’s make that clear) hands, but has he got 500 words on MiFID II negative target market definition and disconnects in MI between manufacturers and distributors of retail investment products? NO HE DOES NOT. So that’s a win […]
