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AJ Bell vs CMC Invest

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AJ Bell Youinvest Stock ISA compared with CMC Invest Stock ISA Plus

AJ Bell

Youinvest Stock ISA

CMC Invest

Stock ISA Plus
Estimated yearly costexample investor£147.00£113.88
Fees
Platform fee
Shares and ETFs
Percentage: 0.25% (cap: £42.00)
Mutual funds
Tiered percentage:0.25% for £0+0.10% for £250,000+0.00% for £500,000+
Whole portfolio
Flat fee: £83.88 per year
Dealing
Shares and ETFs
0-9 trades/month: £510+ trades/month: £3.50
Mutual funds
£1.50 per trade
US shares and ETFs
£5 per trade
Shares and ETFs
£0 per trade
Mutual funds
£0 per trade
US shares and ETFs
£0 per trade
FX
Marginal:0.75% on £0-£9,9990.50% on £10,000-£19,9990.25% on £20,000+
Flat rate: 0.50%
How trades are placedQuote & DealMarket Order
What it can hold
UK investmentsSupportedSupported
US sharesSupportedSupported
Individual sharesSupportedSupported
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)SupportedSupported
Mutual fundsSupportedSupported
Flexible ISANot supportedSupported
Fractional tradingNot supportedSupported
About the providers
Official websiteVisit AJ Bell websiteVisit CMC Invest website
Founded2002 (24 years old)1989 (37 years old)

Example investor: £80,000 portfolio, 12 trades a year, half in shares (half of them US) and half in UK ETFs. Estimate with your numbers

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