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Jenna Brown

Jenna Brown

Jenna Brown is deputy editor at Professional Adviser. She first joined the brand in 2012 in the role of news editor.

Articles by Jenna Brown

Quilter cuts platform costs and announces tiered adviser charging

Wrap/platforms

Quilter cuts platform costs and announces tiered adviser charging

Changes take effect from June for new clients and Q3 for existing customers

clock 25 May 2023 • 3 min read
FSCS levy demand for 2023/24 'significantly' cut to £270m

Regulation

FSCS levy demand for 2023/24 'significantly' cut to £270m

Updated levy is £208m lower than the forecast published in November 

clock 25 May 2023 • 3 min read
Why closing the advice gap is a 'clear market opportunity'

Your Business

Why closing the advice gap is a 'clear market opportunity'

'The figures make for startling and frankly depressing reading'

clock 24 May 2023 • 3 min read
Advised net platform sales up 19% in Q1 but down 49% year-on-year

Wrap/platforms

Advised net platform sales up 19% in Q1 but down 49% year-on-year

Are the stats indicative of green shoots of recovery or false dawn?

clock 24 May 2023 • 2 min read
Inflation drops to 8.7% in April but remains above expectations

Economics / Markets

Inflation drops to 8.7% in April but remains above expectations

Latest Office for National Statistics data released

clock 24 May 2023 • 2 min read
L&G extends annuity partnerships with Aegon and Prudential

Income

L&G extends annuity partnerships with Aegon and Prudential

Extended guaranteed income referral deals for five-year terms

clock 23 May 2023 • 1 min read
Why AI will never replace adviser/client relationships

Technology

Why AI will never replace adviser/client relationships

Do we need emotional intelligence if we have artificial intelligence?

clock 23 May 2023 • 4 min read
Canada Life links with Zedra to launch trust service

Tax planning

Canada Life links with Zedra to launch trust service

Service to ‘relieve the onerous requirements for advisers’

clock 23 May 2023 • 1 min read
Discounting the discount: Discounted gift trusts explained

Tax planning

Discounting the discount: Discounted gift trusts explained

Trusts help planners reduce or eliminate their clients' IHT liabilites

clock 23 May 2023 • 4 min read
Rising IHT receipts should be 'wake-up call' to take tax advice

Tax planning

Rising IHT receipts should be 'wake-up call' to take tax advice

‘More good news for the Treasury’ as April nets £0.6bn

clock 23 May 2023 • 2 min read