Hargreaves Lansdown Share Price (HL.)

HL was as high as 2.433, 5 years ago and was gambled down to below

700. Why?

Staff comes and goes and HL is no longer what it once was.

Trustworthy.

Let's hope it (a bid) doesn't materialise. I just moved my ISA to HL in February, and wish I had done so years earlier. I have to say that so far the service has been pretty good. The online interface is better and easier to read than my previous broker's. I hate cluttered-looking websites. HL always respond to any secure emails I send them within 24 hours (I had a few queries for them at the beginning).

All I can say is stay as you are, and keep up the good work, HL

If this is bought by PE, I shall move my account.

Barclays pay 1.66% on a savings account yet HL pay 3% on uninvested cash up to £,9999.99 and tiered upwards after that. Why are the FCA not probing Barclays? HL made good money for over a decade when rates were 0.5 as people were investing in shares a funds to get a return. If zero risk returns dry up on cash then it will be just like then.

Share holders will no doubt make money. The biggest lost will be to clients. Any private equity fund will sell off the parts to make money. The in house funds will be the first to go and will result in amalgamation with another fund manager. The self select accounts - pensions will go to some pension fund manager who will put pressure on you to transfer to their own investment schemes. iSA sold on to another party. All this would result in you paying higher charges and share dealing charges would also go up.

Lots of investment companies would pay for 1.7m clients and funds these clients hold, Should have set up a poison pill to kept the integrity of the company.

Time to consider options if taken over pp by private equity.