Hargreaves Lansdown registers 13% Y/Y development in income in Q1 FY24

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Hargreaves Lansdown plc (LON:HL) as we speak issued a buying and selling replace in respect of its first quarter ended 30 September 2023.

Web new enterprise of £0.6 billion within the quarter (Q1 2023: £0.7bn), displays moderated flows being seen throughout the market. Lively Financial savings continues to carry out properly and has been the important thing driver of web flows as purchasers favour money financial savings over threat based mostly investments.

The corporate reported web consumer development of 8,000 within the quarter (Q1 2023: 17,000) primarily pushed by web new purchasers within the SIPP and Lively Financial savings accounts. Shopper retention was at 91.7% (FY2023: 92.2%) and asset retention was at 89.0% (FY2023: 90.4%) reflecting the muted macroeconomic backdrop and the necessity for numerous cohorts of purchasers to make money withdrawals.

Share dealing volumes averaged 634,000 per 30 days within the quarter (Q1 2023: 700,000) reflecting wider market traits.

Shopper money balances had been £12.4 billion on the finish of the quarter, 9.2% of whole AUA, with heightened ranges of money withdrawals and a rise in motion of money into Lively Financial savings in July and August earlier than stabilising in September.

Whole income within the quarter of £183.8 million (Q1 2023: £162.9m) with web curiosity margin development greater than offsetting the income impression of the discount in share dealing volumes.

Dan Olley, Chief Govt Officer, commented:

“We proceed to see web consumer development and optimistic web new enterprise regardless of the macroeconomic backdrop and its on-going impression on investor confidence and consumer behaviour.

Shoppers wish to make investments extra in money than risk-based investments, from our Lively Financial savings supply, giving quick access to a variety of banking companions, to Cash Market Funds and short-dated bonds. Combining this with informative and related content material gives our purchasers with a variety of options to satisfy their saving and funding wants.”