The Top Class Wednesday Update says here we go

Mark on Andy Burnham’s Labour conference speech, changes to the triple lock and the intersection with the advice gap.
Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 10 August

Rethinking regulation via Music Tech, Clifton Wealth acquisitions and timeframes for in-specie transfers.
The Top Class Wednesday Update sticks to the knitting

Mark returns to the TCWU chair with a story about wine and knowing when to change up your product offering and when not to.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is nice and encouraging

Mark reflects on a positive development for a change – how personal finance is finding its way into the school system.
Sean McKiven’s Newsround: 12 January

Kicking off the first news round-up of the year with AJ Bell’s new advert plus the tiny incremental improvements in platform service.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is… niche

Mark takes a look at the latest new entrant to the platform market: the LV= platform.
The Top Class Wednesday Update breathes a sigh of relief

As normality gradually reasserts itself after the summer holiday season, Mark takes a depressing foray into the gender investing gap.
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 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 is on the edge

Hello again, welcome to your autumn but go easy on the heating. I have a couple of announcements this week, but the main one is that the Update is now denominated in dollars and so will cost you just a little more each month, but that’s a small price to pay for growth, amirite? Almost […]