MEGATHREAD: Freetrade Plus :plus_:

Yeah that was one on my mind as well a non ISA ā€˜trading’ type of account with full universe access… is there a lot of want for that??

The other option I was thinking of is kind of like you said with the meme stocks. A further split of the universe. Maybe FTSE 350 or something like that. But my concern with that is it’s not really providing value to the customer, it’s just artificially splitting access to the market.

My hope (though not holding to much to be disappointed) is that we’ll see new features along side it, as that at least to me provides added value

Yes please. :grimacing:

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Thanks @NeilB

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Oh, I absolutely agree and not to be misunderstood about that.

What I meant by not good value for me at the moment was that because I don’t have enough money to pay more than about a quarter of my ISA allowance, I don’t have much cash sitting around and therefore wouldn’t make much use of the interest received and I have to be very careful with what I invest in. Therefore, while lack of access to
some of the Plus stocks frustrate me, it wouldn’t be worth the Ā£10 to access them.

With that said, some special offer such as Ā£100 for a year access to Plus might have tempted me, but the flat fee of Ā£10 per month doesn’t.

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I haven’t had the notification yet but my wife said apparently FT+ is going to include SIPP saving Ā£7 a month which is pretty great.

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Made my day! Think this is a great move from the team.

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Ok, I like that. I remember doing a survey last year which suggested plus with the combined SIPP

I have a old pension with another provider, that would now make it beneficial to move it, I’ll have to dig out the paperwork to see what they’ve been charging me…

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Very happy with this news. Thank you FT! Still a sea of red in my SIPP though :joy:

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Great stuff. Thanks @Freetrade_Team

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I found the SIPP quite good value at £7. This is great as a user but as an investor I hope it drives some growth in Plus accounts to atleast replace any lost revenue from bundling into Plus.

Bargain, £9,99 for my SIPP and ISA - thanks :freetrade:

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Including the SIPP definitely makes it better. £10 instead of £17, tho a big chunk of money lost for freetrade but maybe corrected by more subscribers overall :crossed_fingers:

Once my free months of SIPP are done I’m going to have to move it around again to freetrade I think. And reorganise where all my accounts are :smile:

Basic

Standard

Plus

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I personally think this is a more balanced product offering. The standard plan actually offers what are considered ā€œstandardā€ features.

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I agree with you. I think the calculation is that the AUA increase (from transfers etc) more than offsets any £84 loss.

Magic word: Growth.

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So we’re basically looking at an ISA and full universe for Ā£5, and ISA, SIPP and full universe for Ā£10

So those who had a separate ISA are looking at a price increase but more stock selection. But those on plus with a SIPP are looking at a significant price decrease

I wonder what will happen to those already paying £3 for an ISA?

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Here we go :tada:

We can bring all chat on the new subscriptions onto this new megathread:

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I am a plus user and happy enough with the 9.99 (close enough to ten pound) fee.

I would open a sipp and transfer cash over from my previous provider.

I am just concerned that free trade could later add fees back for sipp.

I notice the comment by free trade team about ā€œwe haven’t had a price increase for 3 yearsā€ hasn’t gone down too well.

Will there be any confirmation from ft team that the fee for sipp of 9.99 (7.99) for plus is never coming back.

You’re unlikely to get any confirmation about future actions especially with a ā€œneverā€ time scale. I would suggest it is unlikely, Freetrade are push to increase their AUA/AUM. Encouraging people to sweep up old pensions into a Freetrade SIPP is a very good way of doing this.

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So even though never is unlikely. It’s still unlikely as if we transfer other pensions to the ft SIPP and then buy assets we increase thier AUA.

Does cash deposits coins as AUA or only assets?