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Hargreaves Lansdown vs Barclays 2020
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Overall Rating
| Feature | Hargreaves Lansdown | Barclays |
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| Hargreaves Lansdown Review | Barclays Review |
Trading Fees
| Feature | Hargreaves Lansdown | Barclays |
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Share Trading: 0-9 Deals/ Month |
£11.95 | £6.00 |
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Share Trading: 10-19 Deals/ Month |
£8.95 | £6.00 |
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Share Trading: 20+ Deals/ Month |
£5.95 | £6.00 |
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Annual Custody Fee: £0 - £250,000* |
0.45% | 0.2% (minimum £48) |
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Bonds - Government (Gilts) - Fee |
£11.95 | £6.00 |
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ETFs - Fee |
£11.95 | £6.00 |
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Investment Trusts - Fee |
£11.95 | £3.00 |
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Telephone Dealing Fee* |
£20.00 | £25.00 |
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| Winner | check_circle |
Platforms & Tools
| Feature | Hargreaves Lansdown | Barclays |
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Desktop Platform (Windows) |
No | No |
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Web Platform |
Yes | Yes |
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iPhone App |
Yes | No |
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Android App |
Yes | No |
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Stock Alerts |
Yes | Yes |
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Charting - Indicators / Studies |
26 | 67 |
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Charting - Drawing Tools |
1 | 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 |
Yes | No |
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| Winner | check_circle |
Research
| Feature | Hargreaves Lansdown | Barclays |
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Research - Shares |
Yes | Yes |
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Research - CFDs |
Yes | No |
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Research - Funds |
Yes | Yes |
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Fund Research - Research Reports |
Yes | 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 | Hargreaves Lansdown | 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 | Hargreaves Lansdown | 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 | Hargreaves Lansdown | Barclays |
| Hargreaves Lansdown Review | Barclays Review | |
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| Winner | check_circle |
To start this comparison, first, we will take a look at the fees charged for dealing in the UK. It's important to note that not only is there the cost to place the trade, but most share dealing brokers also charge a monthly, quarterly, or annual management fee depending on the type and size of your portfolio. We assessed both to provide a single star rating for cost. Barclays is a better option with a 4.00 star rating over Hargreaves Lansdown's 3.00 star rating.
Further breaking down costs, we analyzed four different trading scenarios. For all four scenarios, we are assuming a £30,000 portfolio for custody fees.
Scenario 1 - 1 trade per month, for a total of 12 trades per year. Hargreaves Lansdown would charge £278.40 while Barclays would charge £132.
Scenario 2 - 36 trades per year, or 3 trades per month. Hargreaves Lansdown charges £565.20 and Barclays charges £276.
Scenario 3 - If you make 10 trades a month, or 120 per year, the fees with Barclays wold be £780 and the fees with Hargreaves Lansdown would be £1209.
Scenario 4 - 20 trades per month, for a total of 240 trades per year. Hargreaves Lansdown would charge £1563 while Barclays would charge £1500.
Cost aside, we can now turn our focus to popular tools and features investors prefer in the UK. Account access is certainly at the top of the list, and Hargreaves Lansdown provides its clients with ISA, ISA - Junior, SIPP and SIPP - Junior while Barclays provides clients access to ISA, SIPP and SIPP - Junior. Looking at charting, the number of drawing tools and total technical indicators made available are important as well as stock alerts. Barclays offers its clients access to 17 charting tools while Hargreaves Lansdown has 1 charting tools, a difference of 16. Barclays offers its clients access to 67 different indicators (for example, volume) while Hargreaves Lansdown has 26 available indicators, a difference of 41. Barclays alongside Hargreaves Lansdown offer basic stock alerts. Finally, for conducting research while share dealing, having access to mutual fund research reports is also helpful. Both Barclays and Hargreaves Lansdown offer fund research reports.
Overall, between Barclays and Hargreaves Lansdown, Hargreaves Lansdown is the winner.
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All pricing data was obtained from a published web site as of 01/15/2020 and is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. The UK.StockBrokers.com staff is constantly working with its online broker representatives to obtain the latest pricing data. If you believe any data listed above is inaccurate, please contact us using the link at the bottom of this page.
