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Mrc44 · 2020-02-09 10:51:24

Hi, Having started looking into investment a lot more recently there seems to be lots of positivity around the vanguard LifeStrategy funds, are these funds really any better over the long term 10/20yrs than the others available such as the HSBC global strategy , legal & general multi index?? I ask because I am a newbie…

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bowlhead99 Posts: 12,295 Forumite

9 February 2020 at 3:39PM

Yes you can buy the VLS80 fund from fidelity / AJ Bell, but the fidelity fund platform is twice as expensive than Vanguard's own platform, while AJ Bell has lower ongoing charges than Fidelity but also charges per transaction - which would add up if you were having to pay £1.50 per £200 transaction. If you really liked AJ Bell you could of course do your purchases less frequently than every month.

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