Barclays is our 1 broker for Barclays is a household name in the UK as a major global financial services provider, with a history spanning more than years. Barclays Stockbrokers was established in and is part of the parent Barclays Bank Group.

Barclays Stockbrokers, as an execution-only service, has won numerous industry awards for the execution side of the business and its provision of SIPPs and ISAs. Barclays Stockbrokers offers its clients access to a broad range of investments, including funds, equities, gilts, corporate bonds, exchange traded funds ETFs , and much more.

Investors have a choice of investing in more than 2, funds from over fund managers. Barclays Stockbrokers has a dedicated UK-based client service team. The Barclays Bank Group is a publicly listed company on the London Stock Exchange and is one of the largest on the FTSE the largest companies by market capitalization. Its ticker is BARC. Barclays Stockbrokers as with many of its online competitors offers a discount for volume, tiered fee structure. The flagship MarketMaster account is a flexible trading account, in which the client can hold more than just shares.

On top of the dealing charges are annual management charges for holding funds within the MarketMaster account or in an ISA or SIPP. The charge for holding funds is 0. Barclays Hargreaves Lansdown Fidelity International AJ Bell Youinvest Online Fee: The initial port of call for any query or difficulty with the Barclays Stockbrokers online platform is to the FAQ Home.

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We found the answers we required to many basic questions here without having to make an email or phone request. Our experience of the Barclays Stockbrokers customer service telephone helpdesk is that of a very attentive, informed, and responsive team.

Opening hours are relatively long, with telephone assistance Monday - Thursday: The helpdesk is closed on Sundays. Having made various enquiries at different times of the day, we found the response time from the Barclays Stockbrokers client service team to be particularly quick, with waiting times generally less than one minute.

In addition, whether we were asking questions regarding products, platforms, accounts, or more generic enquiries, we found that the telephone advisers were exceptionally knowledgeable and able to solve any issues we had. As an example, even one of the non-IT advisers could help clear cookies and cached data, which had caused an issue with the platform on a particular web browser, without having to refer me on to an IT expert.

However, the UK-based service team scores, for overall warmth and geniality, were slightly disappointing. For email enquiries, the Barclays Stockbrokers service team aims to respond within 48 hours. In our testing, we found this was generally achieved quicker, but with our follow up questions often did not receive responses within 24 hours and, in some cases, took closer to 48 hours. Regardless of these minor delays, we were impressed by the high quality of the service.

For funds, the research page includes an overall fund summary, performance, holdings, and fund manager profiles. In addition, access is provided to the Citywire Selection, which offers award-winning research and independent analysis on funds. Citywire is an independent financial publisher that has provided investment research and analysis to private and professional investors since It is possible to search the Citywire Selection by sector.

Although this research does not include personal recommendations from Barclay Stockbrokers, it is a useful research feature for Barclay Stockbrokers clients. Furthermore, there is an added bonus on the research side for fixed-income investors. Barclays provides a separate Barclays Gilts and Bonds Microsite, with dedicated research and views on bond markets.

Although this site does not go into great depth, it does provide an option to chart gilts and corporate bonds, has a yield calculator, bond of the week section, and a monthly banker section. The videos can be searched chronologically or by topic. Transcripts of interviews are also available.

One minor criticism is that the research summary page for individual assets stocks, funds, or other assets , lacks depth. Overall we were very impressed with both the extent and depth of the fundamental research data. However, overall we were very impressed with both the extent and depth of the fundamental research data. The overall trading platform offered by Barclays Stockbrokers is user-friendly, and it is relatively easy to find individual stocks, funds, and ETFs.

Furthermore, navigating from the research section or from the virtual portfolio to place a trade is only one click away. However, it is the technical analysis section in which the platform shines, compared to its competitors.

Of the major UK online brokers, only IG segueing in from the spread bet and CFD worlds comes anywhere close to challenging Barclays Stockbrokers for the top position in charting analysis. This outstanding feature is best highlighted by the number of indicators that can be added to any chart. There are an impressive different indicators, ranging from the basic simple moving average through to intermediate pivot points and further up the niche ladder to Elder Ray Bull Power.

There are indicators available that even dedicated, stand-alone, pricey technical analysis packages do not offer.

Furthermore, this impressive offering is complemented by 14 drawing tools, from basic trend lines through to Fibonacci Arcs. You can also add your own comments to a chart.

However, a disappointment was the inability to compare individual stocks or funds with other assets, which is a common feature on many other competitor platforms. Besides the ability to conduct your own individual technical analysis on any investment vehicle or market, there is also a useful technical analysis tab on the overall summary page that traders or investors can use for third-party input if they are not keen on performing their own charting analysis.

A minor irritating drawback, despite the notable array of technical analysis indicators and drawing tools, is the inability to simply add a stock fund to the virtual portfolio effectively a watch list from either the chart or research summary page. However, together with its strong fundamental research section, the Barclays Stockbrokers technical analysis and charting platform is a highly attractive research package.

Education is also a strong feature Barclays Stockbrokers offers. The information is presented in a user-friendly manner by topic, with a deep archive and search facility. The information is presented in a user-friendly manner by topic, with a deep archive and easy to use search.

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Furthermore, written content is complemented by a variety of videos and infographics which enhances the learning experience some of this in the Stockbrokers TV area. Overall, we found the education content provided by Barclays Stockbrokers to be high quality, easy to follow, and diverse enough to appeal to all investors regardless of experience level.

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The absence of any mobile trading application via iPhone, iPad or the Android store is disappointing for such a large provider of online trading and investing services in the UK. Although there is access to spread betting and a CFD service, a dedicated Barclays Stockbrokers mobile trading app is an absolute necessity for the 21 st -century investor and trader. We will be sure to update this review with our initial thoughts, once it launches. Barclays Stockbrokers is part of the larger Barclays Bank Group, and with this historic and large parent company comes an added assurance of security.

There are no direct benefits to the online user of Barclays Stockbrokers by being a Barclays Bank client. However, the other major bank to operate online in the UK share-trading market is HSBC. To open a share-dealing account with HSBC, which is an InvestDirect offering, you have to be an HSBC current account customer.

The fees are on the high side, but this comes with an enormously strong fundamental research offering, a depth of educational articles, and one of the best technical analysis platforms offered in the UK market.

In the end, Barclays Stockbrokers made it to the top of our rankings in , despite the absence of a mobile trading platform, which is disappointing in the modern era. Given that the commission levels are at the upper end of the UK market, the trading public should have access to their trading accounts and markets via their mobile devices.

For our UK Share Dealing Broker Review we assessed, rated, and ranked ten different share dealing brokers based in the United Kingdom. Each broker was graded on over different variables.

Reviewed by Steve Miley Steve Miley is Director of Research, Europe, for StockBrokers.

With 25 years of experience in institutional financial markets, Steve has won multiple Technical Analyst Magazine awards, including "Best Independent Fixed Income" and "Best FX Research.

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