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Review by Nightingale26
submitted on 29 April 2016
Likes: None.
Dislikes: Fidelity must be sued for discrimination
My son and I are dual nationals. We are both UK and USA citizens. I have lived in and been resident of the UK since 1974 and my son has lived in and been resident of the UK since birth.
In 2006, I took out an ISA with Fidelity. Now, they tell me to take my money and get out of their organisation because I am a dual national – “A US person”. My son wanted to open an ISA with them and has been told the same thing – they refuse to allow him to open an ISA account as he is “A US person”.
The UK Government clearly states that ISAs are available to anyone who is resident in the UK, regardless of nationality.
Therefore, by discriminating against USA citizens and discriminating against dual nationals who are both UK and USA citizens and reside in the UK, Fidelity is breaking the law.
I asked them for their rationale for breaking the law and they refused to answer the question.
Do you remember the days of signs saying “No dogs and No Irish”? This sign says “No Americans”.
I refuse to be ashamed or to hide the fact that my son and I are dual nationals. We are honest people who have not committed crimes. We have done nothing wrong.
Fidelity UK and other organisations taking this position deserve to be sued for discrimination, punished, and to give compensation to victims of their discriminatory, racist behaviour.
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Review by hdeakin299
submitted on 06 June 2015
Likes: Fund Fact sheets have good info.about charges: Dividends "swept up" nicely: "DeTERring " possibilities : Generally good :Does not "charge against" ISAs !:Good but not totally comprehensive choice of cheap passive tracker
Dislikes: The "What does it cover ? " question :Site likes "Advisers": little mention of "Discount Brokers" : The range of cheap passives could be widened to improve diversification : Some associated Money Purchase Schemes have tough terms so refunds are made
This review is written from the perspective of a "fully invested , multi-platform ,DIY investor " who likes to keep an eye on costs.Of course , on of the problems of being a multi-platform DIYer is that you can take your "eye off the ball" about some of the detail changes that occur on each platform as time goes on . Today I was looking at the "This is Money Co Uk" web site and it stated ;" The difficulty for DIY investors using Fidelity wanting to buy both funds and shares is that it still operates across 2 separate platforms with funds one and shares and investment trusts on the other". Apparently Charles Stanley (ShareNetwork ) are involved on the other platform.
So that is why I had not noticed ETFs on the fund evaluator recently!! I felt fairly sure I had seen ETFs on there at some point but it must have been further back in time than I realized . I had not noticed the change as my attention must have been elsewhere on the other investment platforms that I use.
How complex is Fidelity now for a DIYer ? Well what I HAD noticed is the Cavendish Online portal at the front end of the website . I had also noticed that Standard Life was involved in their pensions . Now I know we can add Charles Stanley to the mix. So we appear to have quite a few other players involved with Fidelity.Is this good for DIYers like me ? Well as a long standing investor ,as long as I can keep up with the changes I can continue to use the Fidelity/Cavendish Online combo for my passive index funds with no problems. But I am pleased that I can add other players like AJ Bell and H/L into MY OWN "portfolio mix"Yes, I suppose both DIY investors and platforms can create quite intricate solutions.
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Review by gallagtj
submitted on 07 February 2014
Likes: Ease of use, range of active managed funds
Dislikes: No Partial ISA Transfers, No Vanguard Funds, High Costs
After many years of buying ISA's through an Advisor and transferring PEP's and ISA's to Fidelity I decided to transfer one of my ISA's to the Alliance Savings Trust and buy a Vanguard Index Tracker.
The transfer was rejected by Fidelity because they made a Business decision not to allow partial transfers of ISA's. What does this mean for an investor? They are locked into Fidelity unless they are prepared to move all their ISA's enBloc to another provider.
I complained at being hijacked and ambushed by their change of business terms, and was told by Fidelity this was a change to their terms and conditions they sent me last January and I had a Month to make any changes.
I was not made aware of this change by my financial advisor and Fidelity did not and do not make this implication known to investors as a key feature of their platform and business terms They said it was industry standard practice, it is not.
So beware of transferring ISA's onto the Fidelity platform as you will not be allowed to partially transfer any of them anywhere else.