Is there any benefit to consolidate ISA's and can you split an ISA?

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I have an ISA with Vanguard which contains about 70k and I have an ISA with Hargreaves Lansdown with about 20k.
I was going to transfer the HL into Vanguard but wondered what are the pro's and cons? do some people prefer to keep them separate?
Also if you did have 100k in a single ISA, is it possible to split that and transfer say 20k out of it out into another platform?
I was going to transfer the HL into Vanguard but wondered what are the pro's and cons? do some people prefer to keep them separate?
Also if you did have 100k in a single ISA, is it possible to split that and transfer say 20k out of it out into another platform?
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If your starting position is a large pot in one ISA, you can split some off to another provider, as long as both support partial transfers (not all do....), and as long as you keep all current year money together.
I think it does make it easier to manage one pot but wanted to understand if there are other benefits or negatives I hadn't thought about. Also Vanguard would be cheaper than the HL 0.45% fee.
Are exchange traded assets the same as ETF's?
I have considered iWeb but the setup fee of £100 did put me off. I didn't know about their transfer times, do they take a lot longer than most other platforms?
On iWeb then I wouldn't let the £100 setup put you off as you are already spending more than that each year and over the long term it should be a lot cheaper depending on your trade pattern. IWeb transfers are taking ages so maybe complete this tax year's contributions and leave plenty of cash to pay the old provider fees until the asset transfers complete.
I find the pay per trade model helps with investor discipline as it discourages me from fiddling with the investments.
I may for now just consolidate with Vanguard to bring the fees lower and make managing one pot easier and then look into iWeb for the future. I don't trade too often but I like the fact that even though there is less choice with Vanguard funds, there aren't any charges.
Doing some simple math then, if I had 100k in Vanguard, I'm paying £150 for the platform fee whereas iWeb would be £50 cheaper and overall iWeb offers a larger variety of funds and shares to invest in.
Have I got that right and does that seem like a reasonable course of action?
If I do for the short term go for Vanguard and leave HL, do you know if I'm able to transfer a partial amount to iWeb later? so I can have a split across both platforms initially while I see how it goes?