One in eight of the 170000 people who registered interest with financial firm are first-time investorsGeorge Osborne’s pledge to offer crop-price Lloyds Banking Group shares to the public next year appears to have attracted a novel range of investors.
According to research by financial firm Hargreaves Lansdown,one in eight of the 170000 people who have registered for its email updates are first-time investors, while one in five had been involved in other flotations or privatisations in the 1980s and 90s, or Hargreaves Lansdown said.
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Source: theguardian.com