Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 11 May
Is ‘corporate consumer’ a thing? Plus the FCA on ongoing service, the adviser test on Standard Life/ Aegon, and reaction to Aviva’s platform cash move.
The Top Class Wednesday Update broadly approves
Mark looks at Standard life’s £2bn acquisition of Aegon UK.
Sean McKinven’s Newsround: 20 April
Saxophones, the growing MPS market and the FCA on level 2 advisers among the highlights.
The Top Class Wednesday Update would like more sauce
Rich talks platform integrations and friction, and the sticking point of getting data back out in a way that works.
The Top Class Wednesday Update squares a circle, or circles a square
Mark on Standard Life’s new £1k fixed fee advice service and how it links with training and the advice gap.
The Top Class Wednesday Update is relaxing with loud noises
Rich is in the Update hot seat this week.
The Top Class Wednesday Update still has a little wind in its sails
Mark chats about new retirement investment developments.
The Top Class Wednesday Update doesn’t want to hear it
Oh in the name of the wee man, here we go again. Last time – 2014 if you please – some wag dubbed the Scottish independence referendum ‘the neverendum’ (actually it was first used for one of the Quebecois referenda) and that resonated with a lot of people on both sides. We now face another […]
The Top Class Wednesday Update builds back…oh never mind
Some weeks the initial whimsy just defeats you. In a world of government by bantz, where auto-satire is somehow all good, where there are no surprises and where everything everyone said would happen is now happening, where does a humble Updater turn? Probably to the whisky bottle, that’s where – and a bit more on […]
THE TOP CLASS WEDNESDAY UPDATE SAYS IT’S ALL IN THE MIND
Hello, hello, me again. Sorry for breaching your inboxes yesterday in an unexpected fashion and thanks to all who dropped a note to say you’d voted for Steve for Professional Adviser’s Personality of the Year. Double thanks to those of you who managed to crack a joke about Steve’s personality too – all of those […]
