BUZZ-Hargreaves Lansdown: falls on Bernstein downgrade
** Investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown (Frankfurt: DMB.F - news) falls 2.2 pct after Bernstein downgrades to "underperform" from "market-perform"
** Says stock's lofty valuation (30x fwd consensus PE) does not reflect flows - net flows have essentially gone sideways since 2013. In 2016 CY, HL net flow growth negative (v St James's Place that grew net flows strongly)
** Sees (Shanghai: 600481.SS - news) pressure on margins from competition - broker's research says consumers increasingly value price over branding
** Among top ten fallers on Stoxx 600