BUZZ-IG Group: Shares fall as CFO gets poached by Hargreaves Lansdown

** Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) in IG Group (Other OTC: IGGHY - news) fall to 4.5-month low after CFO Chris Hill gets poached by investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown (LSE: HL.L - news)

** Hargreaves shareholders cheer the appointment, stock gains about a percent to rank among top percentage gainers on the FTSE-100 Index

** CFO's departure from IG Group marks the second exit of key management from co in the last two months

** Last month, CEO Tim Howkins announced his retirement from the online trading platform provider, which is facing allegations of serving own interest before clients during Swiss Franc fluctuations in January

** Hargreaves Lansdown gets CFO after 8-month wait post the resignation of prior CFO Tracey Taylor

** Hargreaves Lansdown has also seen significant exits this year including that of co-founder Peter Hargreaves, who founded the fund supermarket in 1981 with Stephen Lansdown

** Chris Hill will join Hargreaves effective March 2016

(aashika.jain@thomsonreuters.com)