$ ETFs are here 🎉 30 brand new ISA-eligible ETFs and ETCs - 30 January 2023

It’s time for a brand new batch of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded commodities (ETCs), including some of your community requests.

You might notice something a bit different about these ETFs and ETCs. They trade in US dollars!

Whereas previously we only offered ETFs and ETCs in GBP, we can now offer those that trade in USD on the London Stock Exchange. This gives you access to a wider range of instruments, sectors and geographies for your portfolios.

The instruments added today cover a range of sectors, including cybersecurity, utilities, physical gold, uranium, hydrogen, health care, consumer goods, AI & robotics, and electric vehicles.

All of the instruments below are ISA-eligible and many are SIPP-eligible too.

Today’s batch includes:

$SGLD - Invesco Physical Gold ETC
$PHPT - WisdomTree Physical Platinum ETC
$LOCK - iShares Digital Security UCITS ETF (Acc)
$ECAR - iShares EV & Drive Tech UCITS ETF (Acc)
$KWEB - KraneShares CSI China Internet UCITS ETF (Acc)
$BOTZ - Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence UCITS ETF (Acc)

As with any other ETFs and ETCs on Freetrade, Basic customers only have access to those provided by Invesco, Vanguard and iShares. To access our full range of over 400 ETFs and ETCs, upgrade to our Standard or Plus plan on your app. See how our plans compare.

Full list of 34 new ETFs and ETCs on your app:

Ticker Instrument Subscription ISA or SIPP eligible?
PHPT WisdomTree Physical Platinum ETC Standard and Plus ISA
LCCN Lyxor MSCI China ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
SGBS WisdomTree Physical Swiss Gold ETC Standard and Plus ISA
ECAR iShares EV & Drive Tech UCITS ETF (Acc) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
BNKS iShares S&P US Bank ETF (Acc) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
SXLF SPDR S&P U.S. Financials Select Sector UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
PHAU WisdomTree Physical Gold ETC Standard and Plus ISA
RBOD iShares Automation & Robotics UCITS ETF (Dist) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
XMME xTrackers MSCI Emerging Markets UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
LOCK iShares Digital Security UCITS ETF (Acc) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
AGGU iShares Core Global Aggregate Bond UCITS ETF (Acc) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
JPEA iShares JPM $ EM Bond UCITS ETF (Acc) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
DTLA iShares $ Treasury Bond 20+Yr UCITS ETF (Acc) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
IUAA iShares US Aggregate Bond UCITS ETF (Acc) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
IHYA iShares USD High Yield Corporate Bond UCITS ETF USD (Acc) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
XCAD Xtrackers MSCI Canada ESG Screened UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
XDWU Xtrackers MSCI World Utilities UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
SDIA iShares USD Short Duration Corporate Bond UCITS ETF (Acc) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
SXLB SPDR S&P US Materials Select Sector UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
SXLV SPDR S&P US Health Care Sel Sector UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
XZEM Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets ESG UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
SXLY SPDR S&P US Consumer Discretionary Select Sector UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
KWEB KraneShares CSI China Internet UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
SXLP SPDR S&P US Consumer Staples Select Sector UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
XDW0 Xtrackers MSCI World Energy UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
SXLE SPDR S&P U.S. Energy Select Sector UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
EMSA iShares J.P. Morgan ESG $ EM Bond UCITS ETF (Acc) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
ERNA iShares $ Ultrashort Bond UCITS ETF (Acc) Basic, Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
SGLD Invesco Physical Gold ETC Basic, Standard and Plus ISA
ENCO L&G Multi-Strategy Enhanced Commodities UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
BOTZ Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
URNU Global X Uranium UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
HDRO VanEck Hydrogen Economy UCITS ETF (Acc) Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP
CIBR First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity UCITS ETF Standard and Plus ISA and SIPP

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How is this beneficial to have USD ETFs when we can’t hold USD in our account.

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@gswaroop Many thanks, although there seems to be something wrong with SGLD though, when searching, it doesn’t appear to show a price, and when you open it in the app, it causes it to crash.

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Having it in USD doesn’t change much, it just adds an intermediate step when buying/selling. The currency of the underlying assets in the fund is what matters imo.

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We’ll get SGLD fixed. Thanks for pointing that out. :+1:

How is this beneficial to have USD ETFs when we can’t hold USD in our account.

These are USD denominated ETFs that trade on the LSE. Instead of not offering the ETFs, FT offers the ETFs and processes the FX for the customers.
We’ve more USD denominated instruments lined up!

Having it in USD doesn’t change much, it just adds an intermediate step when buying/selling. The currency of the underlying assets in the fund is what matters imo.

Some of these ETFs were not available in GBP which is why we developed support for these. Also we’ve more instruments lined up!

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Thanks freetrade for the update the physical gold when clicking on it crashes the app on android not sure if you were aware.

$SGOLD

Thanks

Ps I see someone has said above :slight_smile:

Nothing from Vanguard?

Hopefully this includes some dollar-denominated trusts such as the Schiehallion, Gulf Investment and Biopharma Credit funds. :crossed_fingers:

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Hopefully this includes some dollar-denominated trusts such as the Schiehallion, Gulf Investment and Biopharma Credit funds. :crossed_fingers:

If these are non-complex, we can certainly add them in the next batch.

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Nothing from Vanguard?

Do you have anything specific in mind? We already have ÂŁVUSA ÂŁVEMA ÂŁVUSC ÂŁVGER and quite a few more from Vanguard.

So I guess for these ETFs .45% FX rate fee will be applicable when buying and selling?

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So I guess for these ETFs .45% FX rate fee will be applicable when buying and selling?

Yes we display the FX fee on the order quoter and the order confirmation screen.

I have requested ECAR previously. Thanks

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Great to see you expanding the list of ETFs, but PLEASE can we have CSH2? With interest rates rising, it’s an increasingly significant problem with Freetrade that there is no way to park unused cash safely and generate an interest-like return. CSH2 does this job really well, and most UK platforms support it, but not Freetrade.

So can we have it please? Or an explanation of why we can’t?

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We’re pleased to be able to add this one, it was highly requested indeed!

More ETFs are welcomed but would prefer more GBP options that don’t attract FX fees for every buy and sell.

If we can hold USD or EUR in our accounts then that’s a whole different story

There’s quite a few Invesco and SPDR ETFs that are on the market but Freetrade don’t offer them. Would like to see them. iShares TER for some ETFs are expensive

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Hey! Could you list out a few you’re looking at that aren’t available?

Thank you! We’ll explore bringing this on!

Thanks @gswaroop! I’d imagine some or all of those trusts may cross the complex threshold, unfortunately.

Any chance of an update on this more generally? It would be good to know precisely what constitutes a complex instrument and whether FT plans to introduce a suitability questionnaire.

FT has said very little about this, so it would be great to set expectations and give customers a steer.

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