Under-fire Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) chair Deanna Oppenheimer has unexpectedly announced today that she will step down from the role and will be replaced by Alison Platt, a former chair of L&G Financial Advice and former CEO of advice network Countrywide.

The new chief executive of investment provider Hargreaves Lansdown, Dan Olley, could earn a pay, bonus and share package worth £4.826m in 2024, the company’s 2023 Annual Report reveals.

Investment provider Hargreaves Lansdown has reported client numbers rose by 8,000 to 1.812m in the latest quarter, according to a trading update issued today.

Three quarters of pension savers are in the dark about their ability to contribute to a partner’s pension.