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Equinox1000

Anyone recommend a competitively priced broker for those of us who (once bitten) won't touch nominee accounts with a barge-pole?

Going_Digital

Equinox1000 wrote: »

Anyone recommend a competitively priced broker for those of us who (once bitten) won't touch nominee accounts with a barge-pole?

I'd be interested in that as well, what happened with your nominee account ?

sabretoothtigger

Monday May 28 

FINALS 
Aveva Group, Entertainment One Ltd. (DI), First Derivatives, Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (DI), Max Property Group, Phoenix IT Group, Volex 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Fidessa Group 

AGMS 
GLOBO, Matrix European Real Estate Inv Trust Ltd., Polyus Gold International Ltd GDR (Level I) 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Origin Enterprises 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Capita, Fidessa Group 

Tuesday May 29 

INTERIMS 
Brewin Dolphin Holdings, Topps Tiles 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Consumer Confidence (US) (15:00) 

FINALS 
Acal, API Group, De La Rue, FFastFill, Mckay Securities, NewRiver Retail Ltd. (Reg S), Pennon Group, Renold, Scapa Group, Torotrak 

ANNUAL REPORT 
Sphere Medical Holding 

IMSS 
Wolseley 

AGMS 
Alkane Energy, Concurrent Technologies, Continental Farmers Group , Corac Group, Dillistone Group, Edinburgh US Tracker Trust, Eleco, Empresaria Group, Empresaria Group, F&C Commercial Property Trust Ltd., ISIS Property Trust Ltd., JSC KazMunaiGaz Exploration Production GDR (Reg S), Lonrho, New Britain Palm Oil Ltd. (DI), Oracle Coalfields, Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group, Tamar European Industrial Fund Ltd., Valiant Petroleum, Valirx 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
CBI Distributive Trades Surveys (11:00) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
APR Energy, Hochschild Mining, Randgold Resources Ltd. 

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Kakuzi Ltd. 

Q1 
Public Power GDR SA (Reg S) 

Wednesday May 30 

INTERIMS 
Hiwave Technologies, Phytopharm 

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
A&J Mucklow Group, Baronsmead VCT, Baronsmead VCT 2, British Empire Securities & General Trust, Britvic, Daily Mail and General Trust, Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1, Keystone Inv Trust, Local Shopping REIT, London Security, Lowland Investment Co, Majedie Investments, Marston's, Matchtech Group, Town Centre Securities 

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Canaccord Financial Inc., Energy XXI (Bermuda) (Di), Premier Energy & Water Trust, Schlumberger Ltd. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Business Climate Indicator (EU) (10:00) 
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30) 
Economic Sentiment Indicator (EU) (10:00) 
M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00) 
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00) 
Pending Homes Sales (US) (15:00) 
PMI Retail (EU) (09:00) 
PMI Retail (GER) (08:55) 

FINALS 
B.P. Marsh & Partners, GB Group, Severn Trent, Straight, Telford Homes 

ANNUAL REPORT 
Rotala 

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Octopus Eclipse VCT 2 

EGMS 
Irish Continental Group Units, Skywest Airlines Ltd. 

AGMS 
Centamin (DI), EnQuest, Gulfsands Petroleum, Hellenic Carriers Ltd., Hiscox Ltd., Irish Continental Group Units, Judges Scientific, London & Associated Properties, Northbridge Industrial Services, Proven Planned Exit VCT, Proven Planned Exit VCT A Shares, Raven Russia Ltd, Rotala, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Stada Arzneimittel AG 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Consumer Credit (09:30) 
M4 Money Supply (09:30) 
M4 Sterling Lending (09:30) 
Mortgage Approvals (09:30) 
Trends in Lending (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Maven Income & Growth 3 VCT, Maven Income & Growth 4 VCT, Maven Income & Growth 4 VCT 'S' Shares, SIG 

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Amec, BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust, BrainJuicer Group, British American Inv Trust, Cable & Wireless Communications, Capital Shopping Centres Group, Christie Group, Cupid, Dillistone Group, Downing Planned Exit VCT 6, Downing Planned Exit VCT 7, Downing Planned Exit VCT 8, Downing Planned Exit VCT 9, Graphite Enterprise Trust, Great Portland Estates, Headlam Group, Hill & Smith Holdings, Hilton Food Group, Huntsworth, Intermediate Capital Group, Marks & Spencer Group, Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust, National Grid, Nationwide Accident Repair Services, Networkers International, Octopus Eclipse VCT 2, Pacific Assets Trust, Rotala, S & U, Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust, Slingsby H.C, Spectris, Staffline Group, Tarsus Group, Xaar 

Q1 
Frutarom Industries Ltd GDR (Reg S), National Bank of Greece ADR 

Thursday May 31 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
City of London Inv Trust 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Bloomberg Consumer Confidence (US) (14:45) 
Chicago PMI (US) (13:45) 
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30) 
GDP (Preliminary) (US) (13:30) 
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30) 
International Reserves (EU) (11:00) 
Retail Sales (GER) (07:00) 
Unemployment Rate (GER) (08:55) 

FINALS 
Digital Learning Marketplace, Fulcrum Utility Services Ltd. (DI), Fuller Smith & Turner, Halfords Group, Metric Property Investments 

EGMS 
Espirito Santo Financial Group SA 

AGMS 
Alba Mineral Resources, Bisichi Mining, Central Asia Metals, Empyrean Energy, Kenmare Resources, Metminco Ltd., Petropavlovsk, PXP Vietnam Fund Ltd., Tangiers Petroleum Ltd (DI) 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Kingfisher 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Avesco Group, Bilfinger Berger Global Infrastructure Sicav S.A.(DI), EP Global Opportunities Trust, Keller Group, Lookers, Playtech Ltd., Reckitt Benckiser Group, Senior, SQS Software Quality Systems AG, Standard Life, Travis Perkins 

Q1 
Alpha Bank GDR (Reg S) USD, Frontline Ltd. 

Friday June 01 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
3½% War Loan, Next Fifteen Communications 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
JPMorgan Claverhouse Inv Trust 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Admiral Group 

AGMS 
Bank of Georgia Holdings, China New Energy Limited, Shaft Sinkers Holdings, Sound Oil 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Admiral Group, AG Barr, Aga Rangemaster Group, Autoclenz Holdings, Avocet Mining, BAE Systems, Cobham, Croda International, CSR, Edinburgh US Tracker Trust, Elementis, Ferrexpo, Glencore International, Henry Boot, Highcroft Investment, InterContinental Hotels Group, International Personal Finance, ITV, Laird, Lupus Capital, Robinson, Weir Group

Equinox1000

Going_Digital wrote: »

I'd be interested in that as well, what happened with your nominee account ?

Many years ago, broker went bust - IIRC designated (not pooled) nominee but still a nightmare to get stock (some sold by broker for no reason) because administrators/liquidators have to make sure there are no other creditor claims on stock / cash from compensation scheme - still had a loss at end and no trading for ages and ages.

sabretoothtigger

Offer details

What is the offer?

To celebrate our 15th birthday we’re giving you another reduced commission offer on Friday 1st June where you can:

Buy and sell UK shares online for just £3.95 commission between 12pm and 2pm.
Buy and sell international shares online for just £3.95 between 8am and 9pm.
Remember, no matter what commission you pay, share prices can go down as well as up so you might not get back the full amount you invest.

How do I take up the offer?

To take advantage of this offer simply place your UK and international trades online as usual and you’ll pay £8.00 less than the standard trading commission of £11.95.

You can place as many real-time trades as you want but this limited offer is for one day only! If your TradePlan executes during the offer period, the usual charges would still apply.

Will I pay anything else?

As always with international stocks, foreign currency conversions are required to settle international transactions. We apply a charge of 1% either side of the available exchange rate when trading. This charge will still be applicable to all international trades which execute within the offer period.

Halifax does another deal

konstantinovs

Bit of a random question, but interested to get some opinions on this: What do you recommend as the minimum amount of money to have available in order to start investing? I'm 21 y/o and have ~11k saved up. I was thinking of investing around £1,000 in a good mix of ETFs/trackers, for the long term obviously. Does this seem like a sufficient amount?

sabretoothtigger

1k per tracker would be quite normal and a small trade.

You might be best off with unit trusts more then ETF. Write the costs down like annual fees, all funds have them

Equinox1000 wrote: »

Many years ago, broker went bust - IIRC designated (not pooled) nominee but still a nightmare to get stock (some sold by broker for no reason) because administrators/liquidators have to make sure there are no other creditor claims on stock / cash from compensation scheme - still had a loss at end and no trading for ages and ages.

I have a broken broker! FSCS covers me I think but first thing the liquidators wrote to me so I may get some from them first hopefully but Im told its 6 months or so, been 2 so far and just talk

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/safe-savings#whatfscs

konstantinovs

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

1k per tracker would be quite normal and a small trade.

You might be best off with unit trusts more then ETF. Write the costs down like annual fees, all funds have them

I think I've just found my answer - I meant 1k total for my entire portfolio :rotfl:

Think I'll leave the investing for now then and continue to read up on it. If I put any more than 1k in then I'd worry too much about my investments.

cue

konstantinovs wrote: »

Bit of a random question, but interested to get some opinions on this: What do you recommend as the minimum amount of money to have available in order to start investing? I'm 21 y/o and have ~11k saved up. I was thinking of investing around £1,000 in a good mix of ETFs/trackers, for the long term obviously. Does this seem like a sufficient amount?

it's difficult as different people have different perceptions of risk etc. Your circumstances may play a part, as does what you may need accessible cash for in the unknown future...

But £1k is a good starting point. imo.

Have you looked into social lending also as a good ROI - around 8% can be expected in that medium over the short term.

Share should make a good investment at the moment but you may not see growth for another 5 years or more....

It's all about opinions at the end of the day - that's mine.

sabretoothtigger

You can get over 8% lending to a major company. Surely social lending is more risky in manys ways though it is debt not equity and typically that should be more stable

The people who run O2 mobile telecoms are Telefonica. Now because that company originated from Spain and their government is wobbly, the dividend is approaching 15% annually. Thats a nice pay out, alot of their business is not spanish its UK or american so I figure this is a possible bargain
Im sure there is more like that. In the great depression it was all about dividends and solid returns because all the share prices were awful