Hargreaves Lansdown PLC/  GB00B1VZ0M25  /

Hargreaves Lansdown plc is one of the UK's leading independent financial service providers and asset management specialists. The company acts as a fund supermarket, a fund manager, a discount broker, a stockbroker, a pensions specialist, an annuity specialist, a wealth manager and a financial adviser. Their business units are Vantage Service, Discretionary services and managed funds and Third party and other services. The Vantage Service administers investments for clients who like to make their own decisions or choose from their multi-manager fund range of professionally managed portfolios. The Vantage Service offers investors quick and easy access to all the main types of investments under one roof - unit trusts and OEICS, ETFs, UK and overseas shares, investment trusts and fixed interest. The Portfolio Management Service provides personal advice and discretionary management for those who do not want to make their own decisions. The group also provides financial advisory, stockbroking and annuity broking services to private investors and advice to companies on group pension schemes. There is also a Currency Service enabling investors to access bank-beating exchange rates and send money abroad. The group services span a wide range of investments to suit all investor circumstances. Hargreaves Lansdown was established in 1981 by Peter Hargreaves and Stephen Lansdown and is headquartered in Bristol, UK.