UK’s Hargreaves Lansdown adds more clients in Q4

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(Reuters) – British investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown said on Friday it had seen a strong growth in new customers and a rise in net new business in the fourth quarter, after more investors made tax-saving investments at the end of the fiscal year.

The Bristol-based company said net new clients were up 85% for the three months ended June 30, with net new businesses at 1.6 billion pounds ($2.07 billion).

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