Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder claims takeover 'not the greatest deal in the world' - reports

Stephen Lansdown

Linus Uhlig
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Stephen Lansdown, one of the co-founders of Hargreaves Lansdown, has argued the price agreed for the private equity takeover of the UK’s largest investment platform is “questionable”.

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