Restrictions on investing in certain US companies

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gollum007 said:

Freetrade doesn't offer BAE as it's a stock that requires nationality declaration,  which they currently don't support. Nothing sinister there.

https://www.shareview.co.uk/4/Info/Portfolio/default/en/home/shareholders/Documents/NatDec_BAE.pdf

Thanks, that's interesting, but I've never been required to fill in that form or anything resembling it with any other broker. In this instance I bought BAe via Trading212 instead. How rules are applied and interpreted by each broker seems to have an impact on what they're willing to offer. You'd think including a nationality declaration e.g., in the account opening process would be pretty easy to implement.

Thrugelmir

lozzy1965 said:

Thrugelmir said:

lozzy1965 said:

I would have thought it more likely that everything from an index would be automatically included.  Would be interesting to hear what iWeb say.

That would amount to a considerable number of companies globally. 

I work on databases.  Large numbers should be easy to handle.  I don't know that iWeb allow dealing with every index in every country in the world but I would have thought an online dealing system would link through to any index it is set up for and automatically get all the funds/shares within that index.  Maybe in my ideal world I am over simplifying things though.  I am a bit old fashioned in my technology skills these days.

Dealing systems aren't connected to indexes. (There's over 200,000 indexes globally). Retail trades are conducted in the main through third party execution venues.