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Intelligent Money

Erik_V_EyeKing
Erik_V_EyeKing Posts: 16 Forumite
Fourth Anniversary
in Savings & investments
If anyone has experience with Intelligent Money, could they be so kind as to post some feedback.
I'm considering them as an investment option.
Thanks.

I would post a link, but they think I'm a spammer
:(

Comments

  • Albermarle
    Albermarle Posts: 29,737 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Seventh Anniversary Name Dropper
    I would post a link, but they think I'm a spammer
    You have to post 10 times before you are allowed to add a link
  • MaxiRobriguez
    MaxiRobriguez Posts: 1,790 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I don't have experience of using them, but the annual charges are high for their index trackers and are overweighted to the US which is already quite expensive as a region.

    The optimal (aka, managed) funds are a bit weird too by the looks of it. The annual management costs aren't horrendous, but the Global Growth fund for example has it's biggest allocation in UK equity and minimal EM allocation, which seems at odds with what you'd expect from a global growth fund.

    180 second review of their offerings therefore is avoid.
  • MaxZorin
    MaxZorin Posts: 37 Forumite
    10 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper
    edited 30 October 2019 at 5:39PM
    They’ve got a very large thread on the motoring forum Pistonheads. It’s a sticky at the top of the Finance section.

    https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&f=206
  • hinchy70
    hinchy70 Posts: 4 Newbie
    Third Anniversary
    Just read through the first page, looks like it is going to be a blood bath full of petty arguments over semantics and insignificant points... Kinda entertaining lol
  • Alistair31
    Alistair31 Posts: 983 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Julian seems like a decent chap with a good offering, I’ve followed the thread on PH from the beginning.

    His comparison with VLS series is interesting.
  • Erik_V_EyeKing
    Erik_V_EyeKing Posts: 16 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary
    Thanks for the replies.

    :beer:
  • BritishInvestor
    BritishInvestor Posts: 955 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 500 Posts Combo Breaker Name Dropper
    Alistair31 wrote: »

    His comparison with VLS series is interesting.

    Interesting in what way?
  • bostonerimus
    bostonerimus Posts: 5,617 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Really why even bother with a company that isn't a well known, respectable national brand with a good track record.
    “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
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