Our new and improved Global Investment Centre (GIC)
What's coming?
We’re refreshing our investment platform with new features, tools and asset types. So, you'll be able to access everything in the app and online to help you reach your long-term goals.
Plus, alongside funds, you’ll soon be able to invest in UK shares and ETFs on GIC.
Remember, investing has its downs as well as ups – so you could get back less than you invest.
Ready to expand your investments?
Here’s what you can expect:
What else will be new?
- Watchlists: create watchlists to track any investments, whether you currently hold them or not
- Corporate events: review and manage any corporate event notifications associated with your portfolio holdings, including making elections online
- Heatmaps: quickly see illustrations of price movements and trading activity across indices, sectors and individual shares
- Research: view key shareholders, independent broker rankings, detailed fundamentals and a charting comparison tool
- ETF Screener: filter ETFs by asset class, geographical focus, rating, and management style, or use our ready-made filters
| What would you like to do? | App | Online |
|---|---|---|
| Research and place orders in funds, UK shares and ETFs, or ready-made portfolios | ||
| Track your orders using Order Status pages | ||
| Set up and manage monthly investment plans | ||
| Switch funds | Not yet available | |
| Transfer or reactivate an ISA | ||
| Create and amend Watchlists | Not yet available | |
| Access correspondence sent to ‘My Documents’ | ||
| View Corporate Events and make elections | Not yet available | |
| View my portfolio holdings and performance | ||
| View heatmaps of major world indices, sectors, and individual shares | Not yet available |
| What would you like to do? | Research and place orders in funds, UK shares and ETFs, or ready-made portfolios |
|---|---|
| App | |
| Online | |
| What would you like to do? | Track your orders using Order Status pages |
| App | |
| Online | |
| What would you like to do? | Set up and manage monthly investment plans |
| App | |
| Online | |
| What would you like to do? | Switch funds |
| App | Not yet available |
| Online | |
| What would you like to do? | Transfer or reactivate an ISA |
| App | |
| Online | |
| What would you like to do? | Create and amend Watchlists |
| App | Not yet available |
| Online | |
| What would you like to do? | Access correspondence sent to ‘My Documents’ |
| App | |
| Online | |
| What would you like to do? | View Corporate Events and make elections |
| App | Not yet available |
| Online | |
| What would you like to do? | View my portfolio holdings and performance |
| App | |
| Online | |
| What would you like to do? | View heatmaps of major world indices, sectors, and individual shares |
| App | Not yet available |
| Online |
| Fee | Shares and ETFs | Funds and ready-made portfolios |
|---|---|---|
GIC account fees |
£10.50 per quarter for each investment account (GIA/ISA) holding any shares or ETFs | 0.25% per annum based on the average total value of all fund holdings in each investment account (GIA/ISA) |
GIC trade fees |
£5 - Online trades £29.95 - Telephone trades |
Not applicable |
Other charges |
0.5% Stamp Duty Reserve Tax on Share purchases £1.50 PTM levy for all trades over £10,000 in value |
Not applicable |
Ongoing charges |
Product specific annual management charge set by ETF issuer, for example | Product specific annual management charge set by Fund issuer, for example |
| Fee |
GIC account fees |
|---|---|
| Shares and ETFs | £10.50 per quarter for each investment account (GIA/ISA) holding any shares or ETFs |
| Funds and ready-made portfolios |
0.25% per annum based on the average total value of all fund holdings in each investment account (GIA/ISA) |
| Fee |
GIC trade fees |
| Shares and ETFs |
£5 - Online trades £29.95 - Telephone trades |
| Funds and ready-made portfolios |
Not applicable |
| Fee |
Other charges |
| Shares and ETFs |
0.5% Stamp Duty Reserve Tax on Share purchases £1.50 PTM levy for all trades over £10,000 in value |
| Funds and ready-made portfolios |
Not applicable |
| Fee |
Ongoing charges |
| Shares and ETFs | Product specific annual management charge set by ETF issuer, for example |
| Funds and ready-made portfolios |
Product specific annual management charge set by Fund issuer, for example |