Meera Hearnden to exit Hargreaves

Meera Hearnden, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, is to exit the business at the end of this month.

Hearnden (née Patel) is leaving to spend more time with her family, having been at Hargreaves for the past 15 years. Hargreaves' research team will continue to be headed up by Mark Dampier, alongside analysts including Richard Troue, Kate Marshall and Charlie Huggins. That team is responsible for researching the funds to have made it onto the platform's new 'Wealth 150+' list of 27 core offerings, due to be revealed on 1 March. Hearnden's departure follows the exits of investment manager Ben Yearsley and analyst Rob Morgan, who left for Charles Stanley in 2012 and 2013 respectively...