The Top Class Wednesday Update wouldn’t blame you if you just stayed off

You made it! I made it too. It was a pretty close run thing at times, but here we are, ready for…well, I’m not very sure what, to be honest. Usually at the start of a fresh year of Updates I make some crack about being one small but significant step closer to the end of civilisation, or the heat […]
The Top Class Wednesday Update says you may begin

No reviews of the year here – just some big themes and a round of well deserved thank yous from us to you.
New Blood 2: What’s on the agenda

Join us at New Blood 2: No Wrong Path to continue the conversation on new talent and showcasing financial planning to the next generation.
We divided and conquered…

We have completed #langcatlive but there’s a lot more to come…
The Top Class Wednesday Update is on the way

As Mark heads South for #langcatlive Divide and Conquer, he is enjoying taking some time out to reflect on previous events from days gone by.
Divide and Conquer – In the red corner…

Getting ahead in a divided world – hear from Pete Matthew, Philippa Hann and Caroline Stuart on what’s worked for them.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is neither comfortable nor numb

Oliver Perrin is taking the reins for this week’s #Update to share a personal tale about his recent frustrating pension transfer experience.
Divide and Conquer – In the blue corner…
Hear what the FCA and Quilter CEO Steven Levin have to say on advice and guidance, VI and the relationship between regulator and regulated.
The Top Class Wednesday Update has too many exclamation marks

In the first proper full week of 2025 Mark’s all about punctuation, #langcatlive, the vagaries of statistics, and ideas to stimulate economic growth. For socks.
The Top Class Wednesday Update won’t learn anything from this

And so that’s it, we’re nearly ready to put the cork in 2024. This is your last Update of the year, and what have we learned? Hopefully as little as possible; self-awareness is a curse, and as Calvin and Hobbes said when picking themselves up out the briar patch before hurling themselves down the hill […]