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Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter is senior reporter at Professional Adviser.

Articles by Isabel Baxter

Fairstone records growth in adviser and client numbers

Companies

Fairstone records growth in adviser and client numbers

Firm is to make a ‘major’ investment in adviser platform technology

clock 13 November 2023 • 2 min read
FSCS declares Birmingham-based British Steel firm failed

Companies

FSCS declares Birmingham-based British Steel firm failed

Birmingham firm DC Financial is no longer trading

clock 13 November 2023 • 1 min read
Canaccord Genuity snaps up Glasgow-based planner adding £220m

Companies

Canaccord Genuity snaps up Glasgow-based planner adding £220m

Wealth firm wants to expand the scale of its financial planning capacity

clock 10 November 2023 • 2 min read
Industry confident they do not need to access more diverse talent

Your Business

Industry confident they do not need to access more diverse talent

Advisers, business owners and paraplanners share their thoughts

clock 10 November 2023 • 1 min read
Consumer Duty has not helped less wealthy clients, industry agrees

Consumer Duty

Consumer Duty has not helped less wealthy clients, industry agrees

The industry says it has not helped moderately wealthy access advice

clock 10 November 2023 • 1 min read
Consumer Duty fair value prompts advisers to change fee structures

Consumer Duty

Consumer Duty fair value prompts advisers to change fee structures

More than a third (37%) of advice firms have changed fee structures

clock 09 November 2023 • 2 min read
Majority of Brits have not had financial advice in the last five years

Your profession

Majority of Brits have not had financial advice in the last five years

Current inflation rates now have one in ten regretting that decision

clock 09 November 2023 • 2 min read
Economic challenges leave advisers with concerned clients

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Economic challenges leave advisers with concerned clients

Advisers say they are experiencing increasing demand for client support

clock 09 November 2023 • 1 min read
Advisers consider 'fundamental' changes to business models

Your Business

Advisers consider 'fundamental' changes to business models

This includes a wider range of advice services, personalisation and coaching

clock 08 November 2023 • 1 min read
Advisers under greater pressure as clients demand 'more from less'

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Advisers under greater pressure as clients demand 'more from less'

Meeting client expectations will be their ‘biggest business challenge’

clock 08 November 2023 • 1 min read