Investment trusts
Buying shares in an investment trust makes you a shareholder, giving you a vote on how it is run. Read more here about how you can invest in investment trusts.
Important information - please keep in mind that the value of investments can go down as well as up, so you may get back less than you invest. This information is not a personal recommendation for any particular investment. If you are unsure about the suitability of an investment you should speak to one of Fidelity’s advisers or an authorised financial adviser of your choice.
Investing in investment trusts
Award-winning online dealing
- Start investing from as little as £25 every month or £1,000 as a lump sum
- Manage and track your investments easily at any time through your secure online account
- Get instant access to our investment guidance and expert market insights
Choose from a large selection
- Explore our full range of investment trusts to search, filter and select your favourites.
- Diversify your portfolio across key regions, including the UK, Europe, China, Japan and Asia Pacific.
Clear and straightforward fees
- Pay £7.50 for buying or selling an investment trust online and £1.50 for buys as part of a regular savings plan and for dividend re-investments. Stamp duty of 0.5% will also apply on every purchase.
- Our standard service fee of just 0.35% applies when you have over £25,000 invested or if you have a regular savings plan. This is capped at £90 (£7.50 a month) for Investment Trusts, and Investment Trusts held in an Investment Account do not incur a service fee.
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Making sense of transaction charges and dealing costs
Because investment trusts are listed on a stock exchange, choosing to invest in one will incur additional charges:
- Most investment trusts have two share prices. There is the one you buy at (the offer price) and the one you sell at (the bid price). The result is effectively a transaction charge for investing in the fund.
- When buying an investment trust you pay 0.5% in stamp duty. Stamp duty is not charged when you sell.
Bring your investments together
Having investments spread across multiple companies can be both time-consuming and costly. Bringing them together means less stress and less paperwork.
Our straightforward transfer process makes it easy to bring your investments together - just tell us where they’re currently held and we’ll take care of the rest.
It’s free to transfer and we’ll even cover any exit fees you may incur, up to a total of £500 per person.
Before making your decision, please read our transfer guide: Moving your investments to Fidelity which explains the options available and gives you the important information you need to know.
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How to invest in investment trusts
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Exit fees terms and conditions
In order to request exit fees re-imbursement you will be required to complete an exit fees re-imbursement form which you can download by clicking here, or request over the phone by calling us on 0333 300 3351.
Terms and conditions for re-imbursement of exit fees
This offer does not apply to any investments linked to an Adviser / Intermediary or third party.
Fidelity will reimburse the exit/redemption fees charged to a customer by their former provider/s when they move their investments (minimum of £100) to Fidelity Personal Investing, up to a maximum amount of £500 per customer.
An exit fee is an administration charge which is imposed by the former provider and arises directly as a result of processing the transfer or re-registration of the customer’s investments to Fidelity. Fidelity will not reimburse the customer for any loss of investment returns, loss of interest, dealing charges, penalties for transferring investments before their maturity dates or any other charges associated with your transfer or re-registration.
Where a re-registration or transfer is not possible and the customer chooses to sell their investments held through another provider and subsequently make new investment/s (minimum £10,000) through Fidelity Personal Investing, Fidelity will cover any account closure fees charged by the customer’s former provider (excluding any dealing charges) of up to £500 per customer. Fidelity will not cover any bid-offer spreads or any capital gains tax liability arising as a result of these transactions.
Exit and account closure fees reimbursement must be claimed within a 6 month period from date of transfer of the customer’s investments to Fidelity. Exit fees will be reimbursed for transfers and re-registrations and account closure fees will be reimbursed provided the conditions above are met. Products included: ISAs, Investment Accounts, EBS SIPP, Fidelity Personal Pension, Fidelity SIPP, Unit Trusts, OEICs, SICAVs, Exchange Traded Funds, Investment Trusts and Shares.
To qualify for the reimbursement, the fees from the customer’s former provider must have been triggered as a direct result of the transfer or re-registration to Fidelity Personal Investing, or the closure of an account where the customer has subsequently (within 6 months) invested at least £10,000 through Fidelity Personal Investing. If the customer is transferring investments to more than one provider from their former provider at the same time, Fidelity will only reimburse the fees which are incurred as a result of direct transfer or re-registration to Fidelity. Other fees or charges unconnected with the transfer will not be reimbursed.
The completed Exit Fee Reimbursement Form and documentary evidence of the charge will need to be provided in order for the exit fees to be reimbursed to the customer. To claim the reimbursement of any account closure fees, documentary evidence of the closure fee levied will need to be provided to Fidelity, along with confirmation that a minimum of £10,000 has been invested with Fidelity within 6 months of incurring such closure fee.
The documentary evidence referred to above, must be either a copy of the charge confirmation letter from the former provider or a statement showing the charge being deducted.
Payment will be made to the customer by BACS when a bank mandate is held on the account. Alternatively, payment will be made by cheque.
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