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Offering looks pretty good. Very good range of markets to choose from compared to traditional brokers (excl NIB). Only hitch is there is a €15+VAT quaterly charge if you dont trade or have 5000 in your account (cash/portfolio). They also dont offer that regular investment account in Ireland...

It isnt too difficult but there is usually a switching out fee of approx 30EUR (varies) per line of stock. Also you may find it difficult to get another broker who will offer a CREST account if you have Irish equities.

I was hoping someone might be able to explain a query I have on the general workigns of ETF's. I have an idea of the workings, hopefully someone can confirm or correct me. an investor buys/sells the funds just like normal equities through an exchange. The ETF employs market makers to make sure...

you will be fleeced to bring it to another country. hire one and drop it back at the border. cross the border and hire another one in U.S and drop it back in washington...

Perhaps but we dont know the details of the transaction, perhaps the client went to his broker and said " I want to invest 20K into a leveraged high risk property product - I am aware that the investment could rise significantly or fall drastically as is the nature of the product" In which case...

Buy is a stronger recommendation than Add, it all depaends on the broker but i think buy means they expect it to grow by more than 15% this year and add means they expect it to grow by at least 5%. Thats my rough idea of what it means

Would agree with the above, connected with them last year and it was a seemless process, well sign posted. You do have to go to arrivals and back through security again. (I think that is the same in all US airports?)

No, Vodafone will repurchase 1bln woth of shares in the open market. It will only affect you should you sell your shares as normal through a broker and by chance they buy them. They operate a small shareholder dealing service (if you hold them in certificated form) if you want to get rid of...

The rate on this is 5.25% per annum and the rate on the savings account is 4.3% per annum. So for 6 months on this you will get 2.625% and for 6 months on the savings account you get 2.15%

not being smart but giving up Irish Citizenship to buy Chinese shares may be a bit drastic!

Also very romantic!

Not sure about better, but certainly much less hassle. They look after all the taxes for you. Still if you can save that much. Thanks for the info...interesting to know.

Hi, For the Irish funds they buy the basket of ISEQ stocks and track as closely as possible. For the China fund they enter into some Trust, according to theirdocumentation, I assume this is some form of ETF. Does anybody know how their fee's work, I know they say they charge an admin fee of...

Looks like interest, the first bit on cash withdrawals, the secod on purchases. (If they are minus signs perhaps they are a refund)

You call them up and say what you want. the first time you will need to send them documentation etc for Anti money laundering. once they receive this you can transfer money into their account or drop in a draft, then you call your broker and they buy what you like and post you out the certs (Irl...

Do you get this for every dividend or do you just get it once and then automatically re invest all?

received the documents on Friday too. Normally take the stock but like you say no point this time. Threw the form in the bin. Obviously if the price rockets before the deadline I'll lose out, but I'm pretty confident I'll be okay!

For once off trades I have used Campbell O'Connor a few times and found them to be cheap and provide an exceleent service. They issue Share Certificates at no extra cost. When I say they are cheap, I mean that they have the lowest minimum commission at €25.40. Which for trades of my value is...

There is a theory called Interest Rate Parity which purports that any difference in interest between two countries with different interest rates cannot be taken advantage off as the currencies are expected to move against you to balance out the higher rate. Wheteher this applies in this case...

For these sums of money I think professional advice is essential.