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Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter is chief reporter at Professional Adviser.

Articles by Isabel Baxter

FCA bids to save firms £100m a year with transaction reporting changes

Regulation

FCA bids to save firms £100m a year with transaction reporting changes

Aiming to reduce costs and improve quality of data

clock 21 November 2025 • 1 min read
IHT on pensions: 'We're going to have to muddle along with it until it works'

Tax planning

IHT on pensions: 'We're going to have to muddle along with it until it works'

PIMFA’s Simon Harrington touches on the reality of any changes

clock 21 November 2025 • 1 min read
IHT receipts hit £5.2bn as gifting rumours emerge ahead of Budget

Tax planning

IHT receipts hit £5.2bn as gifting rumours emerge ahead of Budget

Speculation around gifting and trust taxation rules expected

clock 21 November 2025 • 4 min read
The Penny Group takes majority stake in £350m AUM advice firm

Companies

The Penny Group takes majority stake in £350m AUM advice firm

Will integrate with Harridge Financial Services over a three-year timeframe

clock 21 November 2025 • 2 min read
Advice firm revenues hit £6bn in 2024 but job numbers fall

Your profession

Advice firm revenues hit £6bn in 2024 but job numbers fall

Retail investment adviser posts across all firms fell to 37,441

clock 21 November 2025 • 2 min read
Profession has 'responsibility to make financial advice and guidance more accessible'

Your profession

Profession has 'responsibility to make financial advice and guidance more accessible'

SJP’s Real Life Advice Report 2025

clock 20 November 2025 • 2 min read
Next Generation Advisers: Newbridge Financial Planning's Alex Bakovljev

People

Next Generation Advisers: Newbridge Financial Planning's Alex Bakovljev

‘I think the advice gap is obvious’

clock 20 November 2025 • 3 min read
Advisers report more clients needing CGT advice after slashed thresholds

Tax planning

Advisers report more clients needing CGT advice after slashed thresholds

Clients needing CGT support doubles to 37%

clock 20 November 2025 • 2 min read
Quilter Cheviot launches personalised decumulation offering

Retirement income

Quilter Cheviot launches personalised decumulation offering

Moving away from ‘traditional off the shelf’ retirement income solutions

clock 20 November 2025 • 2 min read
Appetite for financial advice increases yet overall take-up rate falls

Your profession

Appetite for financial advice increases yet overall take-up rate falls

Men still more likely to take advice than women

clock 19 November 2025 • 3 min read