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 […]
The Top Class Wednesday Update is crocked

I keep telling you June is the month that keeps on giving. And what it’s given me now is a crocked Achilles tendon and gracious, doesn’t that just smart. Obviously, in common with all men, my ability to withstand pain without whining is unparalleled but even so: michty. Jings and crivvens and perhaps even help […]