Retail trading platforms, including Hargreaves Lansdown, are reporting "industry-wide" pricing issues as investors react to the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Some investors took to social media sites this morning to complain they have been unable to place trades on a number of websites, or get through to trader services on the phone this morning at firms including AJ Bell and Hargreaves Lansdown. The latter, the UK's largest retail broker and fund supermarket, reported on Twitter this morning that due to exceptional trading volumes, its share dealing service was "busy but operating normally". Earlier today the group tweeted: "Apologies for the wait to get through. We have trebled the number of dealing staff and hope to answer your call soo...
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