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Sahar Nazir

Sahar Nazir

Sahar Nazir is news editor at Professional Adviser.

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FIF25: Microsoft's Garfield - Every job will be 'touched' by AI

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FIF25: Microsoft's Garfield - Every job will be 'touched' by AI

Garfield outlines how generative AI will transform adviser workflows

clock 05 June 2025 • 1 min read
FIF25: Advisers 'apprehensive' about committing to lower-cost bases

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FIF25: Advisers 'apprehensive' about committing to lower-cost bases

Clever IM’s George Cliff spoke at the Future of Investment Festival

clock 04 June 2025 • 1 min read
Advisers not using AI have 'no fighting chance going forward'

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Advisers not using AI have 'no fighting chance going forward'

‘Don’t look for one AI tool to do everything’

clock 04 June 2025 • 3 min read
How Octopus Money is building its 'advice-for-all' model

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How Octopus Money is building its 'advice-for-all' model

CEO Ruth Handcock bets on tailored support and tech-assisted efficiency to ‘unlock mass-market growth’

clock 02 June 2025 • 3 min read
Advised platforms hit record £22.1bn in Q1 sales as outflows ease

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Advised platforms hit record £22.1bn in Q1 sales as outflows ease

Q1 2025 brings strongest net inflows in nearly three years as advised market stabilises

clock 02 June 2025 • 2 min read
FCA begins major clean-up of firm permissions

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FCA begins major clean-up of firm permissions

Move aims to streamline firm data and strengthen regulatory oversight

clock 29 May 2025 • 2 min read
'No major shift' in adviser platform priorities despite Consumer Duty

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'No major shift' in adviser platform priorities despite Consumer Duty

Research finds regulation has ‘reinforced’ not changed behaviour

clock 28 May 2025 • 2 min read
Gen Z consider advisers 'most important source' despite finfluencer popularity

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Gen Z consider advisers 'most important source' despite finfluencer popularity

71% of them now turning to social media and finfluencers

clock 28 May 2025 • 2 min read
FCA urges financial services to help shape regulation as AI and crypto reshape markets

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FCA urges financial services to help shape regulation as AI and crypto reshape markets

Market oversight director Dominic Holland calls on firms to contribute to futureproofing regulatory frameworks

clock 27 May 2025 • 1 min read
'Advisers lead, not follow': Morningstar's Sanderson calls for adviser-led innovation

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'Advisers lead, not follow': Morningstar's Sanderson calls for adviser-led innovation

Segmentation, tech integration, and adviser empowerment are ‘critical’

clock 27 May 2025 • 2 min read