VNQ - KIID - barred from future purchases.

Not having much luck, what with IG and now this,

my plan was to hold
VNQ
VNQI
in a SIPP to negate US dividend withholding tax. I hold the SIPP with AJB but currently hold VNQ with HL unwrapped. The plan was to move that in April.

Then I get this from HL related to VNQ. I haven't read any details of MiFID II but assume it's related.
New regulation being introduced on 1 January 2018 will affect dealing in one of your holdings.
The new regulation requires that issuers of certain types of investments (known as ‘Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance Products’
or ‘PRIIPs’) must publish a Key Information Document (or KID) if they are available to private investors.
Without a KID, private investors will not be able to make any further purchases, although they can continue to hold the PRIIPs they already
own. They can also sell at any stage.
The issuer of Vanguard Index Funds Reit Vipers tell us that they do not intend to publish a KID.
No action necessary - for your information only
This means that from 1 January 2018 you will not be able to buy any more of this stock. As well as the dealing instructions you give us, the
new regulation applies to automated trades we place on your behalf (such as dividend reinvestments, limit orders and regular savings
instructions). Therefore, from the start of next year we must also turn off any automated trades we would otherwise have placed in this
stock.
Please remember, you can continue to hold the stocks you own, or sell them at any stage, however you will not be able to buy any more.

Any pointers as to how I might overcome this barrier, other than looking elsewhere?
'We don't need to be smarter than the rest; we need to be more disciplined than the rest.' - WB
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