Hargreaves Lansdown

Hargreaves Lansdown has unveiled its low-cost drawdown plan ahead of 6 April which has no set-up fees or income withdrawal charges.

Hargreaves Lansdown is planning a push into the asset management arena which could see it hire external fund teams and market its services to advisory businesses in future.

A substantial minority of defined benefit (DB) pension scheme members are intent on transferring out to take advantage of pensions freedom, research has found.

Hargreaves Lansdown has reported a year-on-year drop in pre-tax profits as the impact of clean pricing and lower rates on client cash offset continued asset growth.

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Providers must consider having a default option for retirees entering decumulation, according to speakers at a National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) seminar.

Assets in Hargreaves Lansdown's multi-manager range have moved closer to the £5bn mark after the company raised £162m for its HL Multi-Manager UK Growth fund, which launched on 23 January.

Steve Webb's pot follows member policy will initially be rolled out on an opt-in basis and be limited to a selection of pension schemes, the minister has said.

More than half of the 3.5 million people retiring between 2016 and 2020 will not qualify for the full new state pension, research has shown.

Steve Webb's plan to extend pension freedoms to all retirees, creating a market for annuity resales, is well-meaning but unlikely to work in practice, Fidelity retirement director Alan Higham has said.