Provider profile
Hargreaves Lansdown
UK SIPP / retirement platform
UK investment platform with recorded access to Funds, Shares, ETFs, Investment trusts and Bonds, subject to local availability.
Profile summary
- Provider model
- UK investment platform / wealth and advice group
- Primary audience
- UK investors wanting international holdings
- International reach
- UK with selected overseas continuity
- Pricing
- Confirm directly
- Eligibility
- Depends on residence
Coverage
Why WiT Access covers this provider
WiT Access includes Hargreaves Lansdown in its investment platforms comparison because the reviewed record describes a UK investment platform with access to Funds, Shares, ETFs and Investment trusts. It is set beside other providers on market access, account features, currency handling and how availability changes with residence.
At a glance
- Provider type
- UK investment platform
- Primary service
- Investment platforms
- Global reach
- UK with selected overseas continuity
- Client type
- UK investors wanting international holdings
- Account model
- Stocks & Shares ISA, SIPP, Fund & Share Account, Lifetime ISA, Junior accounts
- Featured service areas
- Investment platforms, Pensions
- Official website
- www.hl.co.uk
- Last reviewed
- 6 October 2026
Profile
Hargreaves Lansdown is a UK investment platform. The comparison records the service as a UK investment platform and wealth and advice group. Account types in the reviewed material: Stocks & Shares ISA, SIPP, Fund & Share Account, Lifetime ISA, Junior accounts.
Recorded investment access covers Funds, Shares, ETFs, Investment trusts and Bonds. UK platform with UK and overseas investment access. Limited and product-specific; current cash-currency handling should be verified. Not a core proposition on the reviewed pages. For a client who may change country, those fields matter because market access, currency and product range are recorded separately and do not automatically travel with the client.
Financial advice and managed or portfolio solutions are available within the wider group. A direct platform account is structurally different from a wealth manager that agrees a mandate, and from an adviser or broker that introduces the client to another firm. The client deals with the platform named here.
The website is intended for UK-resident investors. Existing clients can continue trading after moving abroad, but contribution and account-opening restrictions apply. Treatment of a move inside the EEA differs from a move outside the EEA. Existing accounts can remain usable after moving; new contributions or account openings may be restricted depending on the destination. Product availability, the contracting entity, regulation, account eligibility, currency handling, fees, custody and investor protection can differ by country. Those points sit in the questions below rather than being treated as settled by this profile.
What the provider offers
Funds
Available
Shares
Available
ETFs
Available
Investment trusts
Available
Bonds
Available
Multi-currency support
Selected markets
Fractional investing
Not core
Who it may be relevant to
- May be relevant to uK investors wanting international holdings.
- May be relevant to investors looking at more than one recorded asset type on the same platform.
How the service works
- Platform
- UK investment platform / wealth and advice group
- Account
- Stocks & Shares ISA, SIPP, Fund & Share Account, Lifetime ISA, Junior accounts
- Advice model
- Financial advice and managed or portfolio solutions are available within the wider group
- International availability
- The website is intended for UK-resident investors. Existing clients can continue trading after moving abroad, but contribution and account-opening restrictions apply. Treatment of a move inside the EEA differs from a move outside the EEA.
International considerations
- Residence
- The website is intended for UK-resident investors. Existing clients can continue trading after moving abroad, but contribution and account-opening restrictions apply. Treatment of a move inside the EEA differs from a move outside the EEA.
- Moving country
- Existing accounts can remain usable after moving; new contributions or account openings may be restricted depending on the destination.
- Currency
- Limited and product-specific; current cash-currency handling should be verified
- Product access
- UK platform with UK and overseas investment access
Notable characteristics
- UK investment platform
- Fractional investing is recorded for eligible assets or markets
- Recorded audience: UK investors wanting international holdings
Points to consider
- The website is intended for UK-resident investors. Existing clients can continue trading after moving abroad, but contribution and account-opening restrictions apply. Treatment of a move inside the EEA differs from a move outside the EEA
- Existing accounts can remain usable after moving; new contributions or account openings may be restricted depending on the destination
- Limited and product-specific; current cash-currency handling should be verified
- UK SIPP and retirement platform. Existing clients can continue to use the account after moving, with destination and tax-residence restrictions
- UK pension rules, tax relief and overseas contribution restrictions need to be checked for the destination and tax residence
Questions to confirm
- Can residents of my country open an account?
- Which legal entity will hold the account?
- Which regulator oversees that entity?
- Which products are available in my jurisdiction?
- What base currencies are supported?
- What foreign-exchange costs apply?
- Are there custody, withdrawal or inactivity fees?
- Are investments held directly, through nominees, or another structure?
- What investor-protection scheme applies?
- What happens to the account if I move country later?
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Sources and review
- Official website
- www.hl.co.uk/help/profile-settings/your-profile/moving-abroad
- www.hl.co.uk/pensions
- www.hl.co.uk/retirement/preparing/retiring-abroad
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Last reviewed: 6 October 2026
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