Equiniti Investment Account

Buy shares from just £1.75 per stock per trade in a regular investment or from £5 with our SmartDeal bulk share dealing service. All your shares are held electronically plus there’s no account opening or ongoing administration fees.

Buy shares from £1.75 with a regular investment

Buy and sell from £5 with SmartDeal bulk dealing

Buy and sell from £12.50 with standard Investment Account dealing

Here are some of the benefits of our account:

Free to open & quick to set up
Transfer your paper share certificates with a CREST transfer form (see right)
Add funds from your bank account
Online or phone dealing and management
All shares held electronically and securely
Clear online views of your portfolio at summary and detailed level
Real time price quotes
Joint account option

View the demos to see how easy the Investment Account is to use...

What the service offers

How to deal

Buy shares from £1.75 with a regular investment

Once you’ve opened a FREE Equiniti Investment Account you can set up a regular investment to purchase your favourite stocks and shares from only £1.75 per trade per stock on selected equities. It’s easy to do and could help smooth out the bumps in share price movements.

Find out more about how Regular Investment works

Buy or sell shares from £5.00 with SmartDeal bulk dealing

With SmartDeal bulk share dealing we pool sales or purchases together into a bulk trade on our SmartDeal day. As a result you can make huge savings on your dealing fees!

Find out more about how SmartDeal bulk share dealing works

Buy and sell shares for just £12.50 with our standard Investment Account dealing

Perfect for anyone trading more regularly, the investment account allows you to trade shares without certificates for a flat fee of just £12.50 per trade. You can also invest in funds, bonds, trusts, OEICs and gilts.

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FREE guide to share dealing

If you’re new to share dealing or just want to know a bit more then why not read our guide? It was written exclusively for Shareview by the Deputy Editor of MoneyWeek magazine and gives you lots of useful information on ways to hold shares, what you can invest in, timings and developing stock picking skills.

Important Information

Before you start dealing please read the following documents.

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Existing Investment Account Customers

Service Availability

Online

You can do your share dealing online, in real time, between 8:00am and 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Phone

Alternatively, you can deal over the phone by calling us on 0845 300 0430. (Lines are open Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm for dealing, and until 6:00pm for enquiries).

Download our Investment Account brochure

CREST transfer form

To transfer your share certificate(s) to an electronic holding with us you'll need to download and complete a CREST transfer form. Guidance notes are included with the PDF form.

How much will my deal cost?

Quick quote image Our Quick Quote calculator helps you easily estimate how much it would cost to buy or sell shares in a company.

Share Dealing - Quick Quote

Corporate ISAs and Investment Accounts

If a company in which you hold shares has arranged for an ISA and/or Investment Account to be offered, please click here.