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Halifax vs Barclays 2019
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Overall Rating
| Feature | Halifax | Barclays |
| Overall | ||
| Halifax Review | Barclays Review |
Trading Fees
| Feature | Halifax | Barclays |
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Share Trading: 0-9 Deals/ Month |
£12.50 | £6.00 |
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Share Trading: 10-19 Deals/ Month |
£12.50 | £6.00 |
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Share Trading: 20+ Deals/ Month |
£12.50 | £6.00 |
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Annual Custody Fee: £0 - £250,000* |
£0 | 0.2% (minimum £48) |
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Bonds - Government (Gilts) - Fee |
£25.00 | £6.00 |
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ETFs - Fee |
£12.50 | £6.00 |
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Investment Trusts - Fee |
£12.50 | £3.00 |
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Telephone Dealing Fee* |
£25.00 | £25.00 |
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| Winner | check_circle |
Platforms & Tools
| Feature | Halifax | Barclays |
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Desktop Platform (Windows) |
No | No |
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Web Platform |
Yes | Yes |
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iPhone App |
No | No |
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Android App |
No | No |
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Stock Alerts |
Yes | Yes |
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Charting - Indicators / Studies |
91 | 67 |
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Charting - Drawing Tools |
17 | 17 |
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Charting - Notes |
No | No |
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Charting - Display Corporate Events |
Yes | No |
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Charting - Stock Overlays |
No | No |
| Platform & Tools | ||
| Winner | check_circle |
Research
| Feature | Halifax | Barclays |
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Research - Shares |
Yes | Yes |
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Research - CFDs |
No | No |
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Research - Funds |
Yes | Yes |
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Fund Research - Research Reports |
No | Yes |
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Research - ETFs |
Yes | Yes |
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Research - Bonds |
Yes | Yes |
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Portfolio Allocation Breakdown |
Yes | Yes |
| Research | ||
| Winner | check_circle |
Investments
| Feature | Halifax | Barclays |
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Share Trading |
Yes | Yes |
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CFD Trading |
No | No |
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Funds |
Yes | Yes |
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ETFs |
Yes | Yes |
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Bonds - Corporate |
Yes | Yes |
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Bonds - Government (Gilts) |
Yes | Yes |
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Investment Trusts |
Yes | Yes |
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Spread Betting |
No | No |
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Advisor Services |
Yes | Yes |
| Offering of Investments | ||
| Winner | check_circle |
Education
| Feature | Halifax | Barclays |
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Has Education - Share Trading |
Yes | Yes |
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Has Education - Funds |
Yes | Yes |
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Has Education - Retirement |
Yes | Yes |
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Client Webinars |
No | No |
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Client Webinars (Archived) |
No | Yes |
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Overall
| Feature | Halifax | Barclays |
| Halifax Review | Barclays Review | |
| Overall | ||
| Winner | check_circle |
First, we will compare the fees charged for dealing in the UK. There are two primary fees: the cost to place each trade and the monthly, quarterly, or annual management fee charged which varies depending on the type and size of your portfolio. We researched both to provide a single star rating for cost. Halifax received a rating of 4.00 stars over Barclays's 3.50 stars.
Cost aside, we can now compare popular features and tools investors prefer. Access to the investments you want is important, and Halifax provides its clients with ISA and SIPP while Barclays provides clients access to ISA, SIPP, SIPP - Junior and Spread Betting. Next, some traders desire robust charting, so the number of drawing tools and total technical indicators made available, as well as stock alerts, are considered. Barclays offers its clients access to 14 charting tools while Halifax has 1 charting tools, a difference of 13. Halifax trails Barclays by 109 total different indicators (for example, moving averages), with Barclays offering 152 and Halifax offering 43. Barclays and Halifax both offer basic stock alerts. Finally, for researching funds while share dealing, having access to mutual fund research reports is also helpful. Neither Barclays and Halifax offer fund research reports.
Overall, between Barclays and Halifax, Barclays is the winner.
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