Hargreaves Lansdown

Peter Hargreaves has criticised ministers for failing to shore up the economy, and omitting to "look in their own backyard" for solutions to the problem.

Hargreaves Lansdown recorded a 21% increase in profits in the year ended 30 June, driven by revenues from its Vantage platform.

Peter Hargreaves and Stephen Lansdown, the founders of Hargreaves Lansdown, are in line for dividend payouts of around £40m when the broker reveals its results this week, according to reports.

Difficult conditions in the income drawdown market mean some clients can now get more income from a standard annuity. Helen Morrissey looks at what this means for the industry

Pensioners are being left "permanently impoverished" by quantitative easing (QE) and analysis from the Bank of England (BoE) denying negative impacts is wrong, Ros Altmann has said.

Adrian Lowcock has left Bestinvest to join Hargreaves Lansdown.

Chris Read looks at the rapidly expanding platform market and asks how it need to evolve to more fully service the retirement market.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pensions stories this week.

F&C has launched a Junior ISA, giving access to its range of investment trusts for the 2012-2013 tax year.

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