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Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter is senior reporter at Professional Adviser.

Articles by Isabel Baxter

IHT on pensions to cause 'operational complexity and risk' for providers

Pensions

IHT on pensions to cause 'operational complexity and risk' for providers

Expected to lead to delays in payments to beneficiaries

clock 31 January 2025 • 3 min read
Advice firm Almond Financial moves to four-day working week

Your Business

Advice firm Almond Financial moves to four-day working week

Lincoln-based firm will run from Monday to Thursday

clock 31 January 2025 • 2 min read
DB transfer advice slows since FCA's 2020 crackdown

Pensions

DB transfer advice slows since FCA's 2020 crackdown

Many firms have stopped offering DB advice, regulator finds

clock 30 January 2025 • 2 min read
ARC launches MPS indices to 'give IFAs clarity'

DFM & Model Portfolios

ARC launches MPS indices to 'give IFAs clarity'

Will include model portfolios on adviser platforms and funds that mirror MPS strategies

clock 30 January 2025 • 2 min read
Acquisition analysis: The top seven biggest M&A deals in 2024 by AUM

Companies

Acquisition analysis: The top seven biggest M&A deals in 2024 by AUM

Nucleus’ buy of Third Financial tops the table

clock 30 January 2025 • 4 min read
St James's Place 'on track' with charging structure overhaul

Companies

St James's Place 'on track' with charging structure overhaul

Delivery by second half of 2025

clock 30 January 2025 • 2 min read
FSCS moves forward with claims against troubled Donre Advisory

Regulation

FSCS moves forward with claims against troubled Donre Advisory

London advice firm went into liquidation in July last year

clock 30 January 2025 • 2 min read
SDR 'not straightforward' for MPS providers and DFMs

Regulation

SDR 'not straightforward' for MPS providers and DFMs

‘Serious amount of additional resource’ needed, WHEB AM says

clock 29 January 2025 • 4 min read
MKC Wealth CEO on growing consolidation and PE benefit

Companies

MKC Wealth CEO on growing consolidation and PE benefit

‘Consolidators will start buying consolidators’

clock 29 January 2025 • 2 min read
Threesixty aims to simplify compliance with Trust launch

Compliance

Threesixty aims to simplify compliance with Trust launch

A compliance management suite

clock 29 January 2025 • 1 min read