Editor's view: PA Awards 2026 – raising the bar again

The editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 20 March

Jen Frost
clock • 2 min read

I’m still buzzing from the Professional Adviser Awards, where we this week celebrated the best in financial advice.

As I said in my opening speech, we're living through a time of change. From geopolitically driven volatility, to technological development, to close to home tax changes under Labour, your clients have a lot to contend with when it comes to staying on the right track. In times like these, your steady hands, guidance and advice are so important. It was an absolute blast, then, to get to share a packed-out room with so many of you who are going above and beyond to deliver the best outcomes for clients, to bridge the public financial understanding gap, to make financial services a bett...

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