Investment fund giant Hargreaves Lansdown saw more clients signing up, revenues grow and more funds flowing in than out in the past three months despite the volatility of the stock market... more
Diamonds certainly weren't an investor's best friend today. Gem miner Namakwa Diamonds plunged 58% after admitting it has lost access to a $30 million (£18 million) credit facility... more
Robert Chote, the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility, has admitted that the economy is unlikely to grow by the 1.7% he forecast in March. ... more
The Centre for Policy Studies was founded, says its website, "by Sir Keith Joseph and Margaret Thatcher in 1974 to promote the principles of a free society and has since played a global role in the dissemination of free market economics"... more
Almost £2 billion is wiped off the value of taxpayers' stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group over investor worries that they might be broken up
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Bringing in big-name designers such as Henry Holland with his H! brand and Ben de Lisi under the Principles banner is starting to pay off at Debenhams... more
Veteran stockbroker Peter Hargreaves says the coalition could be Britain’s best Government ever — but only if it takes the axe to the public sector... more
Fears of a change in savings allowances after the general election led to investors putting £812 million in tax-free Isas at Hargreaves Lansdown in the 2009 tax year... more
If there were ever any doubt about how bad the effects of recession will be and how long they might last the Bank of England’s plethora of lending data this week did all that was needed to dispel them ... more
Despite a forecast-busting 20% rise in pre-tax profits, Peter Hargreaves chief executive of the country’s biggest private client investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown was typically blunt ... more
Is the bull run over? That was the question in the City today as London’s leading shares struggled to add to nine consecutive days of gains — the longest winning streak since the 11-day rise in late 2003 and early 2004 ... more
Independent financial adviser Hargreaves Lansdown says profits for the year that ends this month will be slightly better than City expectations... more
Investment: Britain's biggest distributor of investment funds has warned fund managers they must clean up their act and market their products fairly... more
Britain's biggest independent financial adviser brushes aside the effects of shaky financial markets, saying savvy UK investors are keeping their cash wrapped up in tax shelters... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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