Non Resident Shares Sale - Broker

chiang_mai

I have some Aviva shares, registered at Sharecenter and want to sell them, but I'm not UK resident hence Sharecenter wont act for me. I have had no luck trying to identify a broker for this, does anyone know of a broker that will transact on behalf of non-residents?

retiredbanker1

Where are you residing ,Could you find one in that country ? 

chiang_mai

I live in Thailand, there are no brokers here that could do that at anything closely resembling a sensible cost. 

masonic

Unlikely a UK broker would due to regulation of financial services here.

You could try one with an international presence. Interactive Brokers is one that springs to mind, although there are others.

ColdIron

You do know that The Share Centre are now II?

https://www.ii.co.uk/the-share-centre

chiang_mai

ColdIron said:

You do know that The Share Centre are now II?

https://www.ii.co.uk/the-share-centre

My apologies, I said Sharecenter, I meant to write Computershare.

chiang_mai

I started this topic so I'll finish by letting you know what the answer/outcome was:

After some discussion with Computershare they accepted that I could be considered UK resident, because I have a home in the UK and I file a UK tax return. Despite the fact I haven't been to the UK for 8 years, Computershare is happy that I change my address in their online system to reflect my UK home and that I request they sell my shares using the same mechanism. The concern is not so much that I am physically UK resident but that I pay tax their and have an abode there.  Credit to CS in that they actually thought about the issue and discussed it internally, before giving me the right answer.