Alterntive Investment Market Advice.

Try CAD and RRL. Both can be purchased via ISA funds. Then either buy a tin hat or don't come back until October. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. The word think may be replaced by hope.

I use Hargreaves Lansdown btw. I like their set up.

You can only buy AIM shares that are dual listed. RRL for example is (on LSE and TSX), so you can buy that. I think you can also buy shares that have been demoted down into the AIM (like CAD previously was, but has since gone back up into the FTSE all share index). I concur with banana man btw.

got my fingers burnt on AIM with ENCORE & XCITE--only survived cos of stop-losses---market makers tend to rule the roost & dictate the state of play so be very careful...

That's true Swiss but you can play them at their own game, especially with popular investments. Another thing to avoid is sentiment. I have one company that I always top up with even though there are better options. Totally sucked in but its for a life-changing amount of money so worth the risk I think.

Thanks for the advice. Hargreaves Landsdown look pretty good, any others?

interative investor (iii) are decent for the dealing charges (only £1.50 for buying, £10 to sell), plus they don't charge an annual admin fee. Hargreaves landown do charge a fee (0.5%), plus it costs ~£9.95 to buy/sell. If you are investing in funds, hargreaves landown might be cheaper though because I believe they offer the best discounts on fund purchases (iii also do as well, I haven't compared the two, so might not be much difference)

Many thanks Whippet, I've noticed them as well, bit difficult to beat that charge

I'll probably go with them, the all in one account looks good. Cheers again.