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Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter

Isabel Baxter is chief reporter at Professional Adviser.

Articles by Isabel Baxter

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
True Potential Wealth Management names CEO

People

True Potential Wealth Management names CEO

Stuart Dodson succeeds Steve Hutton

clock 19 November 2025 • 2 min read
Ageing client bases remain for advisers as they lack strategy for younger investors

Your Business

Ageing client bases remain for advisers as they lack strategy for younger investors

85% do not have a differentiated strategy

clock 19 November 2025 • 1 min read
Advisers urged to 'question' conventional allocation models

Your profession

Advisers urged to 'question' conventional allocation models

Doug Brodie speaks on investment trusts’ benefits

clock 19 November 2025 • 5 min read
Dip in advice fee satisfaction from over 55s

Your Business

Dip in advice fee satisfaction from over 55s

Advisers urged to ‘keep an eye' on this age cohort

clock 18 November 2025 • 2 min read