Hargreaves Lansdown is in position to be a £39bn beneficiary of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to Barclays.
The regulator's looming thematic review into the self-invested personal pension (SIPP) market could force a number of smaller players out, making it a "more comfortable" situation for the regulator, according to John Moret.
City stockbrokers are considering lodging an official complaint after the government's decision to reject the majority of applications for Royal Mail shares cost them millions in lost commissions.
Technical problems on Hargreaves Lansdown's website have frustrated investors who are trying to trade Royal Mail shares this morning.
Charles Stanley Direct has criticised Hargreaves Lansdown over the cost of its platform transfer charges after the country's biggest D2C platform delayed its shift to a new pricing structure.
Periods of underperformance can test investors' faith, but ditching the fund manager is not always the best course of action.
Hargreaves Lansdown has pushed back the launch of its new pricing structure - which includes the switch to super clean pricing on funds - after claiming it is under "no pressure" from rivals to act first.
It is "unrealistic, uneconomic and unnecessary" to expect those approaching retirement to take regulated financial advice, according to Hargreaves Lansdown.