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Jumping on the bandwagon of this post if I may. Not too sure why I am posting, other than in the hope that sharing my feelings of disloyalty in wishing to now extract from my FA (connected to a wealth platform) after almost 30 years, will allow me to move forward and DIY having over the past year taken an interest in and accumulated learning on tax and personal finance/investment.
All this time my pot has suffered an annual charge of approx. 2% (1% FA and 1% platform/funds etc). For this I have received various good advice which gave me confidence that my affairs were being managed over the years but also I now know, advice geared towards limited funds/platform as not an IFA. Calculated a net return of 4% pa over the past decade in my estimation.
Opened a Hargreaves Lansdown SIPP and ISA and want to transfer over with one or two broad ETFs. Have a game plan, but feels after all this time I am taking a big leap on my own, but almost more importantly, being disloyal to one person albeit that person has lined their pocket quite nicely over 30 years.
I am not quite sure what I am looking for by posting this. Encouragement to take the leap perhaps.0 -
housedesign1 said:Jumping on the bandwagon of this post if I may. Not too sure why I am posting, other than in the hope that sharing my feelings of disloyalty in wishing to now extract from my FA (connected to a wealth platform) after almost 30 years, will allow me to move forward and DIY having over the past year taken an interest in and accumulated learning on tax and personal finance/investment.
All this time my pot has suffered an annual charge of approx. 2% (1% FA and 1% platform/funds etc). For this I have received various good advice which gave me confidence that my affairs were being managed over the years but also I now know, advice geared towards limited funds/platform as not an IFA. Calculated a net return of 4% pa over the past decade in my estimation.
Opened a Hargreaves Lansdown SIPP and ISA and want to transfer over with one or two broad ETFs. Have a game plan, but feels after all this time I am taking a big leap on my own, but almost more importantly, being disloyal to one person albeit that person has lined their pocket quite nicely over 30 years.
I am not quite sure what I am looking for by posting this. Encouragement to take the leap perhaps.
Avoid funds because the platform fees are pretty much uncapped and much higher.1 -
housedesign1 said:Jumping on the bandwagon of this post if I may. Not too sure why I am posting, other than in the hope that sharing my feelings of disloyalty in wishing to now extract from my FA (connected to a wealth platform) after almost 30 years, will allow me to move forward and DIY having over the past year taken an interest in and accumulated learning on tax and personal finance/investment.
All this time my pot has suffered an annual charge of approx. 2% (1% FA and 1% platform/funds etc). For this I have received various good advice which gave me confidence that my affairs were being managed over the years but also I now know, advice geared towards limited funds/platform as not an IFA. Calculated a net return of 4% pa over the past decade in my estimation.
Opened a Hargreaves Lansdown SIPP and ISA and want to transfer over with one or two broad ETFs. Have a game plan, but feels after all this time I am taking a big leap on my own, but almost more importantly, being disloyal to one person albeit that person has lined their pocket quite nicely over 30 years.
I am not quite sure what I am looking for by posting this. Encouragement to take the leap perhaps.I don't care about your first world problems; I have enough of my own!1 -
Thank you both for the encouragement. Choosing a global accumulation EFT. Note that HL will not auto-reinvest the monthly tax relief and so will pay appx £11 for the pleasure each month. What would you do? Suck up the fee or accumulate in cash and move into the fund x2 per year for example, to reduce £11 fee each time?0
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housedesign1 said:Thank you both for the encouragement. Choosing a global accumulation EFT. Note that HL will not auto-reinvest the monthly tax relief and so will pay appx £11 for the pleasure each month. What would you do? Suck up the fee or accumulate in cash and move into the fund x2 per year for example, to reduce £11 fee each time?
Is sounds like you will be making monthly contributions. Are ETFs the best option in that situation given HL buy/sell fees?
You could use funds and then move say 6 months worth across into your chosen ETF to reduce fees.
Not sure now much you have in your pot but a transfer to Fidelity to take advantage of their current cashback deal might be worth looking at. I'm going to do that for one of our pensions and cashback should cover fees for about 4 to 5 years ahead.2 -
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Jumping in here - what do people mean by "avoiding funds"? And ETF?I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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AlanP_2 said:housedesign1 said:Thank you both for the encouragement. Choosing a global accumulation EFT. Note that HL will not auto-reinvest the monthly tax relief and so will pay appx £11 for the pleasure each month. What would you do? Suck up the fee or accumulate in cash and move into the fund x2 per year for example, to reduce £11 fee each time?
Is sounds like you will be making monthly contributions. Are ETFs the best option in that situation given HL buy/sell fees?
You could use funds and then move say 6 months worth across into your chosen ETF to reduce fees.
Not sure now much you have in your pot but a transfer to Fidelity to take advantage of their current cashback deal might be worth looking at. I'm going to do that for one of our pensions and cashback should cover fees for about 4 to 5 years ahead.0 -
Brie said:Jumping in here - what do people mean by "avoiding funds"? And ETF?
https://monevator.com/etfs-vs-index-funds-differences/
I think that the advice to avoid funds above is specifically for HL because of their fees on index funds, rather than to avoid index funds per se. I’m sure someone will be along to confirm or rebut that.1 -
Anything listed as a fund on HL will have uncapped fees. The fees on shares and ETFs as capped as described previously.
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