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BUZZ-Hargreaves Lansdown slips 6% on Woodford suspension

** Hargreaves Lansdown shares drop 6% after well-known money manager Neil Woodford suspends trading in one of his funds, included in 6 of Hargreaves Lansdown's Multi-Manager funds

** Hargreaves at near 2-month lows on FTSE 100, while midcap-listed Woodford Patient Capital Trust slumps 12% to a lifetime low

** Traders and analysts say stock fall due to Woodford suspending his equity income fund, as well as expectations fund will need to sell much of its liquid assets to deal with redemptions.

** Fund itself cited redemptions as reason for suspension, said would remain in place until further notice

** Shares in wealth manager St. James's Place also down 2.4% (Reporting by Muvija M in Bengaluru and Danilo Masoni in Milan)