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Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter is news editor at Professional Adviser, leading coverage of the UK financial advice, wealth management and retirement planning sectors. She is responsible for breaking news, industry analysis, features and interviews with leading figures across the adviser market. 

She joined Incisive Media in 2023 as a senior reporter, progressing to chief reporter before becoming news editor. Prior to Professional Adviser, she was a junior reporter at PAM Insight, covering the wealth management and private client sectors. 

Isabel has reported extensively on adviser succession, M&A activity, regulation, retirement planning, sustainable investing and other key developments shaping the advice profession.

She is part of the award-nominated Professional Adviser editorial team and was highly commended for Content Excellence at the Incisive Media Drury Lane Awards in both 2024 and 2025.

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Articles by Isabel Baxter

MPS on platforms still causing adviser pain points

DFM & Model Portfolios

MPS on platforms still causing adviser pain points

CGT optimisation, cash management, reporting noise cited as issues

clock 20 April 2026 • 3 min read
News editor's view: Standard Life/Aegon UK – Another big deal to digest

Your profession

News editor's view: Standard Life/Aegon UK – Another big deal to digest

The news editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 17 April

clock 17 April 2026 • 3 min read
Advice firm declared failed over pensions advice

Companies

Advice firm declared failed over pensions advice

Barfield Associates is no longer trading

clock 16 April 2026 • 1 min read
Standard Life/Aegon UK deal signals provider 'shrinkflation' as advisers await impact

Companies

Standard Life/Aegon UK deal signals provider 'shrinkflation' as advisers await impact

'Strategically smart, operationally delicate'

clock 15 April 2026 • 7 min read
P1 rolls out latest platform update for advice firms

Platforms

P1 rolls out latest platform update for advice firms

To overtake ‘oil tanker’ legacy providers

clock 15 April 2026 • 3 min read
Defaqto adds 'star' ratings to boost platform transfer visibility

Companies

Defaqto adds 'star' ratings to boost platform transfer visibility

Including LoA average response times

clock 15 April 2026 • 2 min read
Standard Life buys Aegon UK for £2bn

Companies

Standard Life buys Aegon UK for £2bn

Creates UK’s largest savings and income provider

clock 15 April 2026 • 4 min read
One Four Nine Group snaps up York-based planning firm

Companies

One Four Nine Group snaps up York-based planning firm

Acquires Mowatt Financial Planning

clock 14 April 2026 • 2 min read
Fixing the 'broken' pathways for new advisers

Your profession

Fixing the 'broken' pathways for new advisers

Hayley Rabbets and Tom Ham launch Evergreen

clock 13 April 2026 • 6 min read
Targeted support signals evolution in advice delivery

Your profession

Targeted support signals evolution in advice delivery

Softer launches expected at first

clock 10 April 2026 • 1 min read
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