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Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter is news editor at Professional Adviser.

Articles by Isabel Baxter

Analysis: Advice M&A continues apace as FCA review looms

Your profession

Analysis: Advice M&A continues apace as FCA review looms

Firms taking very different approaches to buying and selling

clock 18 November 2024 • 7 min read
Mansion House speech was 'an effort to shake up the sector'

Your profession

Mansion House speech was 'an effort to shake up the sector'

The start of a ‘long line of positive developments’

clock 18 November 2024 • 2 min read
FCA and FOS release call for input to modernise redress system

Regulation

FCA and FOS release call for input to modernise redress system

Comes after Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech

clock 15 November 2024 • 3 min read
Adviser platform net sales hit £3.1bn despite spike in lump sum withdrawals

Wrap/platforms

Adviser platform net sales hit £3.1bn despite spike in lump sum withdrawals

Assets rose to £683bn in best third quarter in three years

clock 15 November 2024 • 4 min read
Chancellor targets FOS modernisation and FCA consultation

Regulation

Chancellor targets FOS modernisation and FCA consultation

Consultation part of the advice guidance boundary review

clock 14 November 2024 • 3 min read
Financial advice exam costs continue to rise

Your profession

Financial advice exam costs continue to rise

Level 4 offerings see biggest price jump

clock 14 November 2024 • 3 min read
Vulnerability taboos deterring clients from seeking additional adviser support

Your profession

Vulnerability taboos deterring clients from seeking additional adviser support

Industry needs to ‘reshape the dialogue’ around vulnerable clients

clock 14 November 2024 • 3 min read
Lack of retirement confidence gives advice industry opportunity to show value

Retirement income

Lack of retirement confidence gives advice industry opportunity to show value

‘We need to shout louder about the work advisers and planners do’

clock 14 November 2024 • 3 min read
Advisers face surge in demand as more deaths set to trigger IHT charge

Tax Planning

Advisers face surge in demand as more deaths set to trigger IHT charge

Proportion of deaths subject to IHT will rise from 5.1% to 9.5% by 2029/30

clock 14 November 2024 • 2 min read
'Decisive' action needed to tackle £100,000 gender pensions gap

Pensions

'Decisive' action needed to tackle £100,000 gender pensions gap

FCA’s advice guidance boundary review welcomed

clock 13 November 2024 • 3 min read