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Hope William-Smith

Hope William-Smith

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Hope William-Smith is editor at Professional Adviser. She first joined Incisive Media as news editor of Professional Pensions in 2019 before becoming deputy editor in 2022. Hope was highly commended for Willis Towers Watson's DB Journalist of the Year in 2021, and shortlisted for Headline Money’s Rising Star of the Year and Financial Health and Life Insurance Journalist of the Year awards in 2019. She graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2015 with a Master of Law, Media and Journalism. Prior to that, she completed a BA in Politics and International Relations at the University of Sydney. Outside of work, she enjoys playing sports, learning languages, and travelling.

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Articles by Hope William-Smith

Editor's View: Making moves right across the value chain

Adviser tips

Editor's View: Making moves right across the value chain

The editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 23 June

clock 23 June 2023 • 2 min read
Advice firms in line to feel base rate rise pinch on small businesses

Markets

Advice firms in line to feel base rate rise pinch on small businesses

The Bank of England has hiked rates by 50 basis points to 5%

clock 22 June 2023 • 1 min read
Interest rates hiked 50 basis points to 13-year record high of 5%

Markets

Interest rates hiked 50 basis points to 13-year record high of 5%

'Clients have been living with high inflation and sustained rate rises'

clock 22 June 2023 • 3 min read
Perspective inks further four acquisitions and hits carbon neutrality

Your profession

Perspective inks further four acquisitions and hits carbon neutrality

Firms bought up in Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire and Buckinghamshire

clock 21 June 2023 • 1 min read
Treasury rakes in £1.2bn in inheritance tax in first eight weeks of 2023/24

Tax planning

Treasury rakes in £1.2bn in inheritance tax in first eight weeks of 2023/24

Figures are a 13% increase from the £1.1bn collected this time last year

clock 21 June 2023 • 1 min read
'Everything gets better' — why D&I in advice recruitment matters

Your profession

'Everything gets better' — why D&I in advice recruitment matters

‘Look around your business and think what you could do better’

clock 19 June 2023 • 3 min read
Complaint about FCA's 'significant' DB transfer market mess unresolved

Regulation

Complaint about FCA's 'significant' DB transfer market mess unresolved

‘FCA cannot be held accountable for the rules they have created’

clock 19 June 2023 • 1 min read
Where will the seismic shift to AI actually leave its effect on advisers?

Your profession

Where will the seismic shift to AI actually leave its effect on advisers?

Panellists debate how AI will play out in financial planning

clock 16 June 2023 • 2 min read
Becoming a planning-centric professional and advocating for clients

Your profession

Becoming a planning-centric professional and advocating for clients

‘A planning centric approach is gaining more traction’

clock 16 June 2023 • 2 min read
Labour's LTA reversal plan billed merely as 'political posturing'

Regulation

Labour's LTA reversal plan billed merely as 'political posturing'

Proposed amendments to the Finance Bill were published this week

clock 15 June 2023 • 1 min read
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Big 'variability' in advice firms' Consumer Duty-driven fee changes

11 December 2024 • 2 min read
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Pension death tax – fair game?

11 December 2024 • 4 min read
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Changes to agricultural and business relief explained

11 December 2024 • 4 min read
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FCA consults on targeted support for pensions to help close advice gap

11 December 2024 • 6 min read
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Hoxton Wealth ends 'transformational' year with £2bn AUM

11 December 2024 • 2 min read