Investment manager Hargreaves Lansdown plc (LSE:HL.) saw a sharp jump in new clients in the second half of 2013, more than a third of them joining to buy shares in Royal Mail (RMG.L) which listed on the stock market in October. In a trading statement on Wednesday, the company said 77,000 new clients signed up to its investment services, of whom 27,000 joined to invest in the postal service.
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