I visited Halifax’s offices in Leeds many years ago. At the time they wanted us to create some videos on how to invest in bonds. But since then, I haven’t really heard about them. Halifax doesn’t advertise share dealing, I think they must be more focussed on mortgages. This is odd, because they are one of the biggest share dealing platforms in the UK. But are they still any good? I opened an account to find out…
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Halifax Share Dealing Review
Name: Halifax Share Dealing
Description: Halifax Share Dealing is an established (but dated) platform that lets you invest in UK and international shares, bonds and funds in a range of accounts including GIA, ISA and SIPPs.
Is Halifax Share Dealing any good?
I would say that Halifax is a good share-dealing platform if you are already a customer of Halifax Bank, but I wouldn’t recommend it as a stand-alone platform. Purely from an aesthetics point of view it is very dated, plus there is no app, plus the exchange rate fee of 1.25% for buying international shares is quite high (even though the usual £9.50 dealing commission is waived). If Halifax want to attract new, younger customers they need a serious upgrade.
Pros
- Dividend diary
- Good transfer offer
- Part of Lloyds Banking Group
Cons
- No App
- Dated platform
- High FX for US stocks
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Pricing
(4)
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Market Access
(4)
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Online Platform
(2)
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Customer Service
(3)
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Research & Analysis
(3.5)
Overall
3.3
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