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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Simon English

YOU WONT BELIEVE: New investors flock to low cost trading platforms as major ad campaign begins - What They Never Told You

Reeves Hargreaves

Competition to lure retail investors is hotting up just as the government launches a campaign to encourage more direct share ownership.

Today AJ Bell said it had attracted 50,000 new customers in the second quarter, a record, which takes its total customer base to 723,000. It now looks after nearly £109 billion on behalf of those investors.

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