The Top Class Wednesday Update engages with elegance

Mark looks at what ‘elegant disengagement’ might mean for advice.
Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 1 September

Biblical rain, Woody Guthrie and Dolly Parton. Plus advisers on agentic AI and fraudsters trying to enter advice via acquisitions.
Etcho: How tech is supporting values-based advice

We hear from Etcho co-founder Charlie French on the power of tech to deliver personalised, sustainable investing at scale.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is both consistent and good, mainly

Mark considers how consistent and reliable is the advice being provided by AI, and how one might go about assessing this…
Afternoon: A new operating system for advice

Catwalk winner and Afternoon CEO Crawford Taylor on the problem he and his team are trying to solve, and the current status quo of tech ‘millefeuille’.
Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 3 August

Lessons from an out of production beer, online fee disclosure and what place now for annual suitability reviews?
Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 27 July

Andy Burnham vs Factory Records’ Tony Wilson. Plus what advisers value from platforms and Anthropic’s copyright payout.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is a little bit worried about Haaland

Mike on the FCA’s Mills Review into the impact of AI on financial services, and the potential sliding doors moments to come.
Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 6 July

Finfluencers pushing zero-fee platforms, the NatWest/Evelyn deal and the style and cats of Andy Burnham.
Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 29 June

The connection between Scotland’s World Cup competition and Tennyson’s Ulysses. Plus, the result from Catwalk and the rise of philosophy in AI labs.