Diversify easily with ETFs

ETF stands for exchange-traded fund. An ETF is a type of fund that holds a basket of underlying investments, with the aim of tracking a particular index, stock market or commodity, such as the FTSE 100, S&P 500 or physical gold.

ETFs can be bought and sold on a stock exchange, just like listed company shares, and because they include multiple assets, they provide a more diversified way to invest than buying shares in a single company.

Investment trusts are a type of fund set up as a public limited company (PLC), meaning their shares can be bought and sold in the exact same way as a company’s share. Investment trusts have fund managers who invest in various assets, like property, bonds or company shares, depending on their objective and strategy.

Both options offer a simple way to diversify. But, while an ETF tracks the performance of a stock index, region, trend, or theme, the performance of an Investment Trust is based on how the portfolio of assets and its investment strategy are managed.

We don’t charge commission per trade for investments in ETFs or investment trusts, as with all investments available through our app. The funds themselves usually have their own management fees and you can find details about these in the key information document (KID) or the key investor information document (KIID). You’ll find a link to view the KID or KIID on the asset screen, and again on the order review screen. The fund manager will deduct these fees from the assets within the fund and you can find details of these fees in the ‘Annual Cost Disclosure’, provided to you after each tax year.

When investing in ETFs, UK stamp duty and the PTM levy don’t apply. However, UK stamp duty (0.5% on buy orders) and PTM levy (£1 charge for trade values greater than £10,000) will apply for investment trusts.

If a currency conversion is required for your trade, then the standard 0.5% additional spread will be applied to the exchange rate.

You can invest in the UK's largest ETFs, based on net asset value (NAV). Net asset value is the value of all the investments held inside the fund. Available ETFs include the likes of the Vanguard S&P 500, Vanguard FTSE 100 and iShares Core FTSE 100.

Additionally, choose from the biggest Investment Trusts by market cap, including Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, Polar Capital Technology Trust, Ruffer Investment Company Limited, BlackRock World Mining Trust and Fidelity China Special Situations.

1. Find a company or fund that you want to set up an alert for

2. Tap the bell icon at the top right

3. Enter a price

4. Tap ‘Confirm’ to create price alert

You’ll need push notifications enabled for you to receive price alerts.

To manage your price alerts, tap the bell icon on the top right when viewing a stock or fund with an alert set up. From here, you’ll have two options, you can either create a new price alert or tap the delete icon next to an existing price alert.