Hargreaves Lansdown

Customers of D2C platform Hargreaves Lansdown are likely to get lower prices if they transact business online.

Hargreaves Lansdown's direct-to-investor proposition Vantage saw a net increase of 20,000 clients in the three months to October, as total assets across the fund seller rose to a record £39bn.

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.

SUPER CLEAN

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.