Hargreaves Lansdown

Hargreaves Lansdown are the fourth online broker that I have had the pleasure of using so, by now, I've got a pretty good point of reference to compare. Having started with Barclays Stockbrokers and moved on because of the rather expensive costs (comparatively), I dumped almost my entire holding during a month's free trading at Charles Schwab but pulled out before the exorbitant fees kicked in. After a brief but fruitless flirtation with the bargain basement broker, Sharecentre, I decided that the service, thought cheap, was entirely too limited, and landed happily in the lap of Hargreaves ... more

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) was my second experience with an online stockbroker, my first being with Barclays. The fact that I didn't have to maintain a bunch of paper certificates was a major factor in chosing HL, coupled with the low charges. From an extensive search of many online brokers which offered the paperless CREST system (including Barclays) I decided upon HL. At £9.95 per transaction, plus about £50 a year management free (for the CREST system) HL were the cheapest. Upon setting up the account, which took a few days, I found dealing easy and worry free, there is even a limit option to ... more

I currently conduct ALL my share dealing with Hargreaves Lansdown on-line. Setting up the account was very easy on-line. The basic dealing account costs £40 per annum for which you also get 36 monthly publications relating to share tips, broker comments etc on FTSE and AIM stocks. These alone are worth some £120 per annum at normal client prices! Share dealing is carried out AT A SET £9.95 PER DEAL!! A price that is definitively the cheapest available anywhere in the UK. Trading is supported by a BOS high-interest account at approx 4% interest at present. Hargreaves Lansdown charge £12.50 for ... more

Hargreaves Lansdown was established in 1981 by Peter Hargreaves and Stephen Lansdown. In my opinion these are the best stockbrokers in the UK - bar none. The phone calls are always answered very quickly. The post I have always received has included prepaid envelopes. I have also found their website so easy to navigate. You can view the live prices of UK stock (with a slight delay) and you can manage your own portfolio online. I have nothing but praise for them. They also offer a SIPP - which is a self invested pension plan. You can cash in many pensions and use the money to administer your own ... more

I started my share dealing years ago with several brokers including Charles Schwab. All of them gave me problems of poor availability, delays in processing deals and paperwork, and occasional errors. About 5 years ago I switched to Hargreaves Lansdown and have received 100% satisfaction ever since. Their telephone dealing was absolutely excellent, and their on-line dealing has bees completely without fault. A good web site, with real-time prices and share quotes, accompanied with an extremely easy to use dealing page, and high security levels, are complemented bt an e-mail return to confirm ... more