I’m amazed they only have £3.5 billion of customer invested funds. That’s tiny compared to the bigger players in the market. They are so much better than most of the other providers for most investors.
It just takes time, brokers benefit from the effects of compounding just like investors do. This is why HL have so much in AUM they have been around for decades and customer pots have grown
The one Con I've found is that their internal normal market size for FTSE 100 and FTSE-250 shares is quite small - leading to multiple partial fills at ever decreasing prices for sales of no more than £10K - far smaller than the equivalent fills on the main market. Judicious use of limits is advised.
You know when it says our money is protected up to £85,000. Does it mean our uninvested cash only or also includes all our investments too? Isn’t our investment not affiliated with the broker and directly owned by us? So if trading212 does go bankrupt, the shares are not affected as it is in our names? Thanks
Too bad EU-based investors are regulated in Cyprus instead of the UK and only have a 20000€ protection. And it's still a mistery how they're able to offer higher interest rates compared to the ECB (4.2% vs. 3.75%) without taking on significantly more risk as well as offer trading for free, where they lose money on each trade, which they have to make up for by getting people to gamble via CFDs
I’m amazed they only have £3.5 billion of customer invested funds. That’s tiny compared to the bigger players in the market. They are so much better than most of the other providers for most investors.
It just takes time, brokers benefit from the effects of compounding just like investors do. This is why HL have so much in AUM they have been around for decades and customer pots have grown
The one Con I've found is that their internal normal market size for FTSE 100 and FTSE-250 shares is quite small - leading to multiple partial fills at ever decreasing prices for sales of no more than £10K - far smaller than the equivalent fills on the main market. Judicious use of limits is advised.
Thanks for the input - useful info!
You know when it says our money is protected up to £85,000. Does it mean our uninvested cash only or also includes all our investments too?
Isn’t our investment not affiliated with the broker and directly owned by us? So if trading212 does go bankrupt, the shares are not affected as it is in our names?
Thanks
We're hoping to do a full video soon on how FSCS protection really works and how you're covered
Nice video. Can you do video on Trade Republic)
Thanks! Looks like Trade Republic don’t offer an ISA which makes it unlikely we’d cover them
Too bad EU-based investors are regulated in Cyprus instead of the UK and only have a 20000€ protection. And it's still a mistery how they're able to offer higher interest rates compared to the ECB (4.2% vs. 3.75%) without taking on significantly more risk as well as offer trading for free, where they lose money on each trade, which they have to make up for by getting people to gamble via CFDs