HSBC Invest Direct account

RomfordNavy

Anyone here using an HSBC Invest Direct account for their investments, if so does their website work? I can't get their Research Centre website to do anything, it keeps redirecting back to the base page, is this just a temporary glitch or does their website not actually work?


Their flat-fee of £42 per year works out a lot better than HL and I couldn't find any other cheap alternatives apart from iWeb which I didn't want to use for this particular chunk of investments.

It has taken nearly three months to finally get the appropriate current account opened properly so that I could open an Invest Direct account and now I find it doesn't work. I am getting a little worried about their seeming incompetence.

george4064

I don't use HSBC Invest Direct so can't comment, but what I can say is that its a general rule of thumb that you'd receive a much better level of service/usability if you use a investment only platform (such as HL, AJ Bell, Cavendish etc) rather than a bank's 'side show' investment platform such as HSBC's First Direct.

RomfordNavy

If I dump HSBC can anyone suggest what is the next cheapest broker for a buy and hold (non-ISA) portfolio of say £100k?

george4064

RomfordNavy wrote: »

If I dump HSBC can anyone suggest what is the next cheapest broker for a buy and hold (non-ISA) portfolio of say £100k?

Decide for yourself: https://monevator.com/compare-uk-cheapest-online-brokers/

RomfordNavy

george4064 wrote: »

Decide for yourself: https://monevator.com/compare-uk-cheapest-online-brokers/

But which of those allow investment in Lindsell Train Global Equity?

ColdIron

You could cross reference it with the link provided in post #11 of your other thread. With respect, there comes a point where you should try to figure this sort of thing out yourself

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6023159

gt94sss2

RomfordNavy wrote: »

Anyone here using an HSBC Invest Direct account for their investments, if so does their website work? I can't get their Research Centre website to do anything, it keeps redirecting back to the base page, is this just a temporary glitch or does their website not actually work?

It will be a temporary glitch - there platform has been going for years so I'm sure its reliable - if old fashioned

Aminatidi

RomfordNavy wrote: »

If I dump HSBC can anyone suggest what is the next cheapest broker for a buy and hold (non-ISA) portfolio of say £100k?

Probably II

But trade frequency may change that.

Try this http://www.comparefundplatforms.com/

gt94sss2

george4064 wrote: »

I don't use HSBC Invest Direct so can't comment, but what I can say is that its a general rule of thumb that you'd receive a much better level of service/usability if you use a investment only platform (such as HL, AJ Bell, Cavendish etc)

While not disagreeing in principle - if its largely a buy and hold portfolio it makes very little difference