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Ayesha Venkataraman

Ayesha Venkataraman

Ayesha Venkataraman was news editor at Professional Adviser between November 2021 and February 2023.

Articles by Ayesha Venkataraman

PA360 North: Advisers frustrated with lack of innovation on platforms

Platforms

PA360 North: Advisers frustrated with lack of innovation on platforms

‘There was just no innovation coming. It was vanilla, beyond vanilla’

clock 06 October 2022 • 2 min read
FCA research highlights consumer vulnerability to scam tactics

Regulation

FCA research highlights consumer vulnerability to scam tactics

ScamSmart provides knowledge and tools to avoid pension scams

clock 06 October 2022 • 3 min read
PA360 North: Only 12% of firms have a succession plan

Your Business

PA360 North: Only 12% of firms have a succession plan

‘Actually start thinking and documenting your thoughts’

clock 05 October 2022 • 2 min read
PA360 North: 'Embrace technology, make the best use of it'

Technology

PA360 North: 'Embrace technology, make the best use of it'

‘We've seen huge increase in productivity as a consequence of technology’

clock 05 October 2022 • 2 min read
Good Money Week: FCA 'will not be making any value judgments'

Green

Good Money Week: FCA 'will not be making any value judgments'

‘It's not for the regulator to say a product can only be sustainable if it is doing X’

clock 03 October 2022 • 3 min read
NextGen Planners launch new technology solution for adviser firms

Technology

NextGen Planners launch new technology solution for adviser firms

‘Great technology solution that integrates processes into one place’

clock 30 September 2022 • 2 min read
Industry backs FCA's advice/guidance boundary review

Regulation

Industry backs FCA's advice/guidance boundary review

Advice gap ‘not going away without significant change’

clock 30 September 2022 • 4 min read
HMRC reveals 25% fall in people breaching annual allowance limit

Pensions

HMRC reveals 25% fall in people breaching annual allowance limit

‘Thresholds for tapered AA rose to over £200,000’

clock 28 September 2022 • 2 min read
FCA to conduct 'holistic review' of the advice and guidance boundary

Regulation

FCA to conduct 'holistic review' of the advice and guidance boundary

Review aims to understand how to reduce the regulatory burden

clock 27 September 2022 • 3 min read
Royal Bank of Canada acquires Brewin Dolphin for £1.6bn

Your Business

Royal Bank of Canada acquires Brewin Dolphin for £1.6bn

Deal creates one of the largest wealth managers in the UK

clock 27 September 2022 • 2 min read