Self Select ISA - which is best?

Axion

Hi All

What do people generally accept as the best provider for self select isa's? I've done a little research this morning and surprisingly not found a simple table that actually summarises/compares all the providers of self select ISAs, so have yielded and decided to pose the question via the forums.

My primary objective for this S&S self select ISA is to have access to a broad range of investment choices. I am very unlikely to do high volume trading, focusing more on longer-term investments in the ISA, complemented by Spread Betting for short term speculation or downside protection.

I guess I'm looking for a cheap flexible self select ISA, minimising fees and maximising choice!

innovate

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/isa-discounts

Axion

I had read this amongst other online discussions, I created the thread hoping to get some feedback from the users of these discount brokers with their own experiences and preferences.

KTF

I have used Hargreaves Lansdown for many years now and had no problems at all. The online portfolio tool is easy to use and sales/purchases of unit trusts are done within a couple of days.

BLB53

I guess I'm looking for a cheap flexible self select ISA, minimising fees and maximising choice!

Interactive Investor and Sippdeal are possibly two that fit the bill. I have accounts with both. Interactive have had problems with slow dividend allocation since moving to their own trading platform last November but it seems to be improving in recent weeks.

TDM850

Hi Axion. FYI Traders Own offer a Stocks & Shares ISA, no fees, you simply pay £6 per trade for every stock you purchase in the ISA wrapper. You also earn a free equity unit (converts into shares in Traders Own Plc) with every trade. Info here http://www.tradersown.co.uk/sharedea...wn_isa_54.html

Axion

thanks for the responses guys, the four that seemed to pop up in my research were cavendish, hargreaves lansdown, interactive investor and sippdeal.

I shall have a look into tradersown as well. Does anyone have any experience or feedback of cavendish?

diy_addict

Unless you have stacks of cash to invest, I would forget Interactive Investor. They've just started a quarterly fee of £20 in addition to £10 per trade.