Hargreaves Lansdown has seen its revenues rise by 12% to £143.7m over the three months to the end of September, despite the continuing market pressures as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the period, the investment platform also saw net new business of £800m as it added 31,000 net new clients, taking the total number of active clients to 1,443,000. According to its trading update, flows into its Active Savings accounts were hampered during the quarter by the market leading rates on offer from the government backed NS&I. However, since NS&I cuts its interest rates in mid-September, HL said it has seen a "marked impact on flows back into Hargreaves Lansdown's Active Savings". In addition, a positive market movement of £2.1bn combined with net inflows to push a...
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