Investment and Wealth Management Awards 2017

capital0ne

Hi Folks,

Here are the Investors Chronicle awards - looks good to me - what does everyone else think?
Stockbroker of the year: Tilney Bestinvest
Wealth manager of the year: Killik & Co.
Best online Execution only stockbroker: Bestinvest
Vest Full Service Stockbroker: Redmayne-Bentley
Best Low-cost Stockbroker: DEGIRO
Best Stockbroker for customer service: Hargreaves Lamsdown
Best Mobile Share Dealing: DEGIRO
Best investment platform: Bestinvest and Hargreaves Lansdown
Best Full SIPP Provider: Killik & Co
Best Low cost SIPP Provider: Bestinvest
Best Registrar: Computershare
Best Self-Select ISA Provider: Interactive Investor
Best Dicretionary/Advisory Wealth manager: Killik & Co
Best wealth manager for Tax and Trusts Advice: Killik & Co
Best private bank: Handelsbanken
Best spread betting provider: CMC Markets
Best CFD Provider: IG
Best Forex Provider: FxPro
Best Trading App: IG
Best Investment Data Provider: ShareScope
Best Investment Trust (1): Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust
Best Investment Trust (2): Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust
Best Unit Trust(1): Fundsmith Equity
Best Unit Trust (2): Lindsell Train Global Equity
Best ETF Provider: iShares
Best Core ETF: iShares Core MSCI Worlds UCITS ETF

And that's it. Comments - good - bad - don't care - complete rubbish?

jamei305

Industry backslapping exercise just an excuse for a snazzy dinner featuring a champagne sponsorship scenario and some dodgy plastic trophies.

capital0ne

jamei305 wrote: »

Industry backslapping exercise just an excuse for a snazzy dinner featuring a champagne sponsorship scenario and some dodgy plastic trophies.

I think you could be right!:T

Thrugelmir

Didn't vote.

DennisTenus

Bestinvest similar charging level to HL then at 0.4% for S&S ISA?

bostonerimus

I bet Vanguard will never get an award

DennisTenus

bostonerimus wrote: »

I bet Vanguard will never get an award

Why's that?

bowlhead99

DennisTenus wrote: »

bostonerimus wrote: »

I bet Vanguard will never get an award

Why's that?

They won't win Stockbroker of the year as they are not a stockbroker;
They won't win Wealth manager of the year as they are not a wealth manager;
They wont win Best online Execution only stockbroker as they are not a stockbroker;
They won't win Best Full Service Stockbroker as they are not a stockbroker;
They won't win Best Low-cost Stockbroker as they are not a stockbroker;
They won't win Best Stockbroker for customer service as they are not a stockbroker;
They won't win Best Mobile Share Dealing as they don't offer mobile share dealing;
They won't win Best investment platform as they only let you buy a small range of in house products;
They won't win Best Full SIPP Provider as they don't offer a full SIPP;
They won't win Best Low cost SIPP Provider as they don't offer a low cost SIPP and if they do launch one you'll only be able to buy their own investment products;
They won't win Best Registrar as they don't offer registrar services;
They won't win Best Self-Select ISA Provider because you can only select their own products;
They won't win Best Dicretionary/Advisory Wealth manager as they are not a discretionary/advisory wealth manager;
They won't win Best wealth manager for Tax and Trusts Advice as they do not offer tax or trust advice or wealth management;
They won't win Best private bank as they are not a private bank;
They won't win Best spread betting provider as they don't offer spread bets;
They won't win Best CFD Provider as they don't offer contracts for difference;
They won't win Best Forex Provider as they are not in the market for selling forex services;
They won't win Best Trading App as they don't offer you an app from which to trade the markets ;
They won't win Best Investment Data Provider as they don't offer data for any products other than their own;
They won't win Best Investment Trust as they don't run any investment trusts;
They won't win Best Unit Trust as the performance of their unit trusts are unlikely to top any performance charts over an extended period of time, being predominantly based on tracking market indices;
They won't win Best ETF Provider despite being shortlisted as they only offer a small number of ETFs to the UK market without being cheaper across the board;
They won't win Best Core ETF despite being shortlisted as they don't pay for enough tables at the awards dinner, nor buy enough IC advertising space, nor offer IC much content to fill articles for their core audiemce from month to month...

bostonerimus

DennisTenus wrote: »

Why's that?

They aren't playing the same game.

talexuser

Best Self-Select ISA Provider: Interactive Investor

That is really funny

System

capital0ne wrote: »

Vest Full Service Stockbroker: Redmayne-Bentley

Have they lost their shirt!