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Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter is news editor at Professional Adviser.

Articles by Isabel Baxter

News editor's view: Let's give it up for the small advice firms

Your profession

News editor's view: Let's give it up for the small advice firms

The news editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 22 May

clock 22 May 2026 • 4 min read
Inside a family MBO: How this adviser and his brother took over their father's firm

Companies

Inside a family MBO: How this adviser and his brother took over their father's firm

Sean Standerwick runs MLP Wealth alongside his brother

clock 22 May 2026 • 1 min read
Ex-London Capital & Finance CEO jailed for breaching SFO restraint order

Companies

Ex-London Capital & Finance CEO jailed for breaching SFO restraint order

Michael Thomson jailed for six months

clock 21 May 2026 • 2 min read
Why FCA scrutiny of consolidator integration is growing

Your profession

Why FCA scrutiny of consolidator integration is growing

A shift from acquisition strategy to integration capability

clock 20 May 2026 • 6 min read
Entrepreneurial exits buoy Murphy Wealth to £280m AUM

Companies

Entrepreneurial exits buoy Murphy Wealth to £280m AUM

Results posted a year since Söderberg & Partners-backing

clock 20 May 2026 • 2 min read
NS&I to repay £367m after bereavement tracing failures

Companies

NS&I to repay £367m after bereavement tracing failures

Payouts to 34,000 estates

clock 20 May 2026 • 4 min read
Alastair Conway begins FNZ vice chair role

People

Alastair Conway begins FNZ vice chair role

Said the move marked ‘the right moment for a transition’

clock 19 May 2026 • 2 min read
Redundancies 'likely' as Shackleton powers up with Hurst Point buy

Companies

Redundancies 'likely' as Shackleton powers up with Hurst Point buy

Deal to create £17.5bn AUMA business

clock 18 May 2026 • 3 min read
Essex advice firm declared failed

Companies

Essex advice firm declared failed

Kapwealth is no longer trading

clock 15 May 2026 • 2 min read
Timeline unveils AI assistant for advisers

Technology

Timeline unveils AI assistant for advisers

Launches Pennee and adds third-party DFMs to platform

clock 14 May 2026 • 2 min read