How to sell foreign certificated shares..?

Shagg

Does anyone know how to sell certificated shares listed on the Zurich stock exchange? I've tried a few dealers/brokers but no success.

melbury

I'd be interested to know how to go about this as well.

I have some shares in an Australian oil company.

JoeCrystal

melbury wrote: »

I'd be interested to know how to go about this as well.

I have some shares in an Australian oil company.

I got some Australian shares which I got from buying on AIM and withdrew certs. I looked up ways to sell them and came across TD Waterhouse which allows Australian shares to be deposited. (Australia don't have certs, just Issued statement of your holding.) LINK

Shagg, does the company have a form of registrars in Switzerland? Maybe it is worth contacting them?

Cheers,
Joe

Shagg

Yes they do. The shares are Novartis shares. I had a share certificate issued just this year with our new address. Their best advice I got about selling them was "find a broker in the UK who can do it."

JoeCrystal

Shagg wrote: »

Yes they do. The shares are Novartis shares. I had a share certificate issued just this year with our new address. Their best advice I got about selling them was "find a broker in the UK who can do it."

You could email/call/write all the brokers in the UK and see if you got any response. There should be one, expensive maybe but there should be one!

Cheers,
Joe

Shagg

Got Capita, Equitini, Computershare and TD Waterhouse on the list so far. as have dealings with them for other shares (can't do anything until Monday anyway). Hargreaves Lansdown and Lloyds don't do it, I know. Any idea where I can get a decent listing of brokers/dealers?

JoeCrystal

Shagg wrote: »

Got Capita, Equitini, Computershare and TD Waterhouse on the list so far. as have dealings with them for other shares (can't do anything until Monday anyway). Hargreaves Lansdown and Lloyds don't do it, I know. Any idea where I can get a decent listing of brokers/dealers?

Here is LSE:

http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/tools-and-services/find-a-broker/locate-a-broker-search.html

Cheers,
Joe

Shagg

Thanks! That looks the business.

dzug1

Shagg wrote: »

Got Capita, Equitini, Computershare and TD Waterhouse on the list so far. as have dealings with them for other shares (can't do anything until Monday anyway). Hargreaves Lansdown and Lloyds don't do it, I know. Any idea where I can get a decent listing of brokers/dealers?

Capita and Equiniti AFAIK only deal in companies for whom they are the registrars so are probably not worth bothering with

MarkFromCornwall

Shagg wrote: »

Does anyone know how to sell certificated shares listed on the Zurich stock exchange? I've tried a few dealers/brokers but no success.

In your situation, I think, with great reluctance, I should feel obliged to book a skiing holiday in Switzerland.