Hargreaves Lansdown Share News (HL.)

LONDON BRIEFING: UK inflation cools to 10.1%; Barclays profit down

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened slightly higher on Wednesday in the wake of fresh data that revealed inflation in the UK was cooling.

TOP NEWS: Hargreaves Lansdown profit climbs despite low confidence

(Alliance News) - Hargreaves Lansdown PLC on Wednesday reported a fall in managed assets over the course of its financial first half, but revenue and profit surged.

Hargreaves Lansdown posts big jump in 1H revenues and profits

(Sharecast News) - Hargreaves Lansdown posted strong growth on both its top and bottom lines at the first half-year stage, despite the impact from "challenging" external conditions and low investor confidence on asset values and stockbroking volumes.

UK earnings, trading statements calendar - next 7 days

UK stocks slip as rate hike worries grip investors

Global sentiment dented by worries over higher interest rates

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LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Barclays raises Lloyds Banking and cuts NatWest

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:

LONDON MARKET OPEN: New US-China flare-up, rate hike worry hit shares

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened the week lower on Monday, as renewed tensions between the US and China and revived interest rate fears dented risk appetite.

LONDON BRIEFING: Germany sees rise in large-scale manufacturing orders

(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were called lower on Monday, after a stronger-than-expected US jobs print on Friday that investors fear may provoke the hawks at the Federal Reserve.

Peel Hunt relaunches REX platform, enters agreements with investors

(Alliance News) - Peel Hunt Ltd on Thursday said it would be relaunching its retail access technology platform, REX, in order to establish it as a standalone business independent of the firm.

Brokers team up on new platform to boost retail investment in UK capital markets

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Investment firms and brokers in Britain teamed up on Thursday to back a new standalone retail platform to strengthen the role of small investors in the UK capital market.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Bank of America raises Asos, boohoo to 'buy'

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:

LONDON MARKET OPEN: FTSE 100 lifted by commodities despite UK gloom

(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Friday morning, despite UK retail sales unexpectedly falling in December and consumer confidence dropping to a historic low, with miners and oil companies again providing a much-needed lift to the FTSE 100.

Jefferies downgrades Hargreaves Lansdown to 'underperform'

(Sharecast News) - Analysts at Jefferies downgraded financial services group Hargreaves Lansdown from 'hold' to 'underperform' on Friday, stating rival Vanguard was rapidly approaching.

JPMorgan downgrades Quilter, puts stock on 'negative catalyst watch'

(Sharecast News) - JPMorgan Cazenove downgraded Quilter on Tuesday to 'underweight' from 'neutral' and cut the price target to 74p from 83p, placing the stock on 'negative catalyst watch'.

LONDON BROKER RATINGS: Jefferies likes Inchcape; HSBC cuts Clarkson

(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and Monday: