Hargreaves: Scottish independence would hike costs for all investors

Responding to queries from clients, the D2C platform giant said if the "yes" vote wins out financial firms will be left dealing with customers in two jurisdictions, more than likely pushing up their operating costs. Hargreaves Lansdown's head of pensions research Tom McPhail said: "Ultimately, if UK financial institutions find themselves having to deal with customers in two different jurisdictions, that is likely to lead to a general increase in the cost of all financial products and services." The firm also suggested Scottish savers and investors may find they are treated as they had...