We make decisions based on what we think is fair and reasonable, accounting for the unique circumstances of each case we receive. We anonymise our decisions and write them in a way that prevents the person or small business complaining from being identified.
This database holds all the final decisions we’ve published since 1 April 2013 under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended by the Financial Services Act 2012.
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Decision Reference DRN-4674360
19 Jul 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited Not upheldInvestmentsDRN-4674360 The complaint Mr F complains Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited (HL) provided mis- leading information when promoting a fund, which he invested in through an ISA. He says the fund continued to be promoted on its Wealth List when HL was aware of concerns about illiq... (9 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4689914
25 Jul 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited Not upheldInvestmentsDRN-4689914 The complaint Mr M complains Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited hasn’t acted honestly, fairly and professionally in relation to an investment he made into a fund to be held in his ISA. What happened The investment relevant to Mr M’s complaint is the units he bough... (8 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4671974
19 Jul 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited Not upheldInvestmentsDRN-4671974 The complaint Mrs R complains Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited (HL) provided mis- leading information when promoting a fund, which she invested in through an ISA. She says it provided reassurances about the fund that led her to retaining invested funds but this h... (8 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4732311
30 May 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited Not upheldInvestmentsDRN-4732311 The complaint Mr A complains Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited (HL) provided mis- leading information about the performance and promotion of a fund, which he invested in through a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) and an ISA. He says HL failed in its duty to info... (8 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4875213
31 Jul 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited Not upheldInvestmentsDRN-4875213 The complaint 1. Mr T’s complaint is about the actions of Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited (“HL”) in relation to the CF (later LF) Woodford Equity Income Fund (“WEIF”). 2. Mr T invested in the WEIF through his HL ISA account when it launched in 2014, and made fu... (43 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4718023
24 Jun 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited Not upheldInvestmentsDRN-4718023 The complaint Mr Z complains that Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited (“HL”) gave him misleading information about an investment he bought from it. Mr Z said he’d now made a substantial financial loss as a result of this misleading information and would like compensati... (8 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4777738
30 Aug 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited Not upheldInvestmentsDRN-4777738 The complaint Mr S complains that Hargreaves Asset Management Limited (HAML) failed to warn him about the consequences of the change in strategy for the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF) whereby more of the fund was invested in unquoted stock and continued to be positive ab... (11 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4695311
30 Aug 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited Not upheldInvestmentsDRN-4695311 The complaint Mr B complains that Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited (HLAM) failed to warn him about the consequences of the change in strategy for the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF) whereby more of the fund was invested in unquoted stock and continued to be po... (10 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-4774195
17 Jul 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited Not upheldInvestmentsDRN-4774195 The complaint Mrs G complains about Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited’s (“HL’s”) promotion of the Woodford Equity Income Fund (“WEIF”), which she invested in through her ISA with HL. What happened The WEIF was managed by Neil Woodford, who left Invesco Perpetual i... (8 pages)View decision -
Decision Reference DRN-2933532
15 Feb 2022 Financial Administration Services Limited Not upheldInvestmentsDRN-2933532 The complaint Mr B’s unhappy that he was drawn into high risk investment and wasn’t provided with adequate advice from Financial Administration Services Limited (“Fidelity”). What happened The facts aren’t in dispute. In summary Mr B had some previous investment experience and ... (2 pages)View decision
