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Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter is senior reporter at Professional Adviser.

Articles by Isabel Baxter

Important 'we don't lose good advice firms through lack of support'

Your profession

Important 'we don't lose good advice firms through lack of support'

The Verve Foundation launches ‘grow’ programme

clock 20 May 2025 • 1 min read
Adviser platform satisfaction high but call for greater integration

Platforms

Adviser platform satisfaction high but call for greater integration

Platforms can also add value with third-party solutions, advisers say

clock 20 May 2025 • 2 min read
Seccl CEO David Ferguson moves to executive chair role

People

Seccl CEO David Ferguson moves to executive chair role

Tech platform now hiring for UK CEO

clock 20 May 2025 • 2 min read
Almost three-quarters of UK adults do not understand how IHT works

Tax planning

Almost three-quarters of UK adults do not understand how IHT works

Flagged as a ‘family taboo’

clock 19 May 2025 • 2 min read
FCA lifts oversight restriction on advice network 2plan after review

Companies

FCA lifts oversight restriction on advice network 2plan after review

Regains regulatory approval to expand after 2024 growth concerns

clock 19 May 2025 • 1 min read
Bespoke investment services drive adviser profitability and client growth

Your Business

Bespoke investment services drive adviser profitability and client growth

Rathbones study finds

clock 16 May 2025 • 2 min read
'Designed by men, for men': Are women still being left out of the financial planning conversation?

Your profession

'Designed by men, for men': Are women still being left out of the financial planning conversation?

Progress yet to be made for female clients

clock 16 May 2025 • 3 min read
'Worrying' FCA findings flag lack of retirement preparation and pension savings

Your profession

'Worrying' FCA findings flag lack of retirement preparation and pension savings

Fewer than 9% of people tapped into financial advice in previous 12 months

clock 16 May 2025 • 4 min read
ZeroKey CEO on 'positively disrupting' the advice profession

Companies

ZeroKey CEO on 'positively disrupting' the advice profession

ZeroKey has now been live for eight months

clock 14 May 2025 • 4 min read
FCA confiscates more than £300,000 from convicted fraudsters

Regulation

FCA confiscates more than £300,000 from convicted fraudsters

Faced charges for £1.2m investment fraud in 2023

clock 14 May 2025 • 1 min read