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In a statement yesterday, bosses said income levels were in line with the full year but a "challenging" cost environment meant operating costs would now be five per cent higher than previously expected.
"Higher operating costs are the result of a combination of higher personnel and non-personnel costs including higher professional fees and software costs associated with expansion projects, as well as the impact of the weaker pound," bosses said.
Analysts at Jefferies said the rise in costs would imply a 10 per cent hit to profits.
The warning comes as the platform said pre-tax profits slumped 59 per cent to £92.1m in its financial year to March, after pandemic-induced volatility and high trading volumes pushed profits up £224m the previous year.
In the statement yesterday, bosses said that monthly trading client numbers and client assets under administration "remain robust" and growth and expansion initiatives are "on track".
It came as the firm saw off calls from proxy advisers to oust chair
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