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Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter is senior reporter at Professional Adviser.

Articles by Isabel Baxter

Exit strategy planning should start three years out, industry says

Your Business

Exit strategy planning should start three years out, industry says

‘To continue without an end in mind is a commercially strategic mistake’

clock 27 October 2023 • 1 min read
CII chief executive Alan Vallance to step down in 2024

Companies

CII chief executive Alan Vallance to step down in 2024

Vallance: Leading the CII has 'been a privilege'

clock 26 October 2023 • 2 min read
Adviser veterans on the advice they would give to the next generation

Your profession

Adviser veterans on the advice they would give to the next generation

‘Learn both the good and bad of the industry, you will know what is right’

clock 26 October 2023 • 6 min read
CII dispute results in PFS spending £1m on legal and advice costs

Companies

CII dispute results in PFS spending £1m on legal and advice costs

The process of strengthening its governance functions was ‘interrupted'

clock 25 October 2023 • 2 min read
Continuum sees adviser numbers increase by 15% year-on-year

Companies

Continuum sees adviser numbers increase by 15% year-on-year

Assets under advice have also increased by 22% at the national IFA

clock 24 October 2023 • 1 min read
Ex-Quilter investment manager launches financial planning firm

Companies

Ex-Quilter investment manager launches financial planning firm

Nicholas Hawkins has launched NH Wealth

clock 24 October 2023 • 1 min read
Younger advisers are not less competent but need to gain experience

Your profession

Younger advisers are not less competent but need to gain experience

Majority believe younger advisers have just as much to give as older advisers

clock 23 October 2023 • 2 min read
Perspective snaps up another two advice firms adding £390m in AUM

Companies

Perspective snaps up another two advice firms adding £390m in AUM

The group now has £7bn assets under management

clock 23 October 2023 • 2 min read
Treasury collects £3.9bn in IHT receipts ahead of record-breaking year

Tax planning

Treasury collects £3.9bn in IHT receipts ahead of record-breaking year

Receipts rise again by £400m at the halfway mark

clock 20 October 2023 • 3 min read
Annuity usage back on the decline despite 2023 hot market

Pensions

Annuity usage back on the decline despite 2023 hot market

Retirees using annuities has dropped from 19% last year to 17% this year

clock 20 October 2023 • 1 min read