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Jenna Brown

Jenna Brown

Jenna Brown is an award-winning journalist with 20 years’ experience in financial services. 

She is deputy editor of Professional Adviser, having worked on the brand since 2012, and specialises in pensions and retirement. She is also responsible for all externally contributed content for Professional Adviser.

She previously worked as a reporter and news editor on Professional Pensions. Prior to that she worked on local newspapers in the Home Counties.

Jenna won the State Street News Journalist of the Year Award in 2011, the Society of Pensions Consultant Journalist of the Year in 2010 and the Incisive Media Award for Scoop of the Year in 2009, the latter being for her coverage of a story linked to The Pensions Regulator, which attracted national attention after their press officer at the time threatened her with jail over the contents of the story.

She has a degree in law, the NCTJ fast-track in print journalism qualification as well as the NCE.

Jenna is contactable here: [email protected] and on LinkedIn here.

Articles by Jenna Brown

Your profession

Keith Churchouse: Santa has not been furloughed

Don’t forget to celebrate the wins!

clock 11 December 2020 • 3 min read

Your profession

Richard Bertin: Should advisers take lessons from the lawyers?

'Remuneration is anchored to assets'

clock 10 December 2020 • 4 min read

Retirement

Claire Trott: Decisions to make on annual allowance charge

Decisions to make

clock 09 December 2020 • 4 min read

Investment

Malcolm Schembri: Investor focus on 'Covid winners' detracts from real growth story

Pre-Covid-19, a whopping 92% of companies feared they were getting disrupted. It is this more than the short-term effects of the pandemic that will determine investment returns for the rest of the decade, writes Malcolm Schembri

clock 09 December 2020 • 4 min read

Tax Planning

Covid wealth tax proposals 'unlikely' to progress under Tory government

Report outlined one-off 5% tax on wealth above £500k

clock 09 December 2020 • 3 min read

Regulation

'Make your voices heard': Advisers urged to share consumer investment market views

Call for input closes 15 December

clock 09 December 2020 • 6 min read

Pensions

Adrian Boulding: First steps along the 'investment pathway'

Coming into force in February 2021

clock 09 December 2020 • 8 min read

Absolute Returns

Sam Liddle: Don't throw the baby out with the AR bathwater

The absolute return sector has taken a beating recently but it is important not to tar the very diverse sector with the same brush, writes Sam Liddle, and clear distinctions must be made

clock 08 December 2020 • 4 min read

Your profession

Naomi Todd: FinTech from a female developer's perspective

Making a difference

clock 08 December 2020 • 4 min read

Companies

Giles Dunning: The pitfalls to avoid when selling your IFA firm

Due diligence challenges

clock 07 December 2020 • 4 min read