Tag Archives: HL

Planning ahead if you’re self-employed; (HL’s first class research)

Posted on September 26, 2023 by henry tapper

We should be grateful to Nathan Long and Hargreaves Lansdown for continuing to research what’s actually happening with the self-employed. It’s long been remarked that there are many types of self-employment ranging from the professional partnerships to those just getting … Continue reading →

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Retail platforms – a boat worth missing?

Posted on May 26, 2019 by henry tapper

I hadn’t realised until yesterday that the FCA has a SIPP and Platform team in the Retail Investment supervision department. For most of us , the idea that we are buying into a platform when we save into a pension … Continue reading →

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From zero to hero – the Hargreaves Lansdown IGC report

Posted on April 12, 2019 by henry tapper

Hargreaves Lansdown’s (HL) 2015 -16 IGC report was embarrassingly bad. I got cross that a successful funds platform didn’t put its back into independent governance. Hargreaves’ Vantage product (now HL Workplace Pension)  was at the time being widely promoted as … Continue reading →

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Do pension customers get value for money from financial advisers?

Posted on August 9, 2018 by henry tapper

This is the last of eight blogs I’ve written in response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s inquiry into Pension Transparency. Today’s exam question is “Do pension customers get value for money from financial advisers?” and the quick answer … Continue reading →

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Nothing wrong with being contrarian – the Hargreaves Lansdown 2018 IGC report

Posted on April 15, 2018 by henry tapper

There’s a compelling logic to the HL IGC Chair’s introduction Since they all relate to value for money for scheme members, our findings and progress are set out in the following analysis of value for money. Value for Money is … Continue reading →

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