RE: POLY GOING FORWARD7 Jun 2023 14:02
I asked HL if they have any plans to allow trading on the AIX in near future. This is what they advised me:
Unfortunately, it's not possible to purchase shares on the AIX through our platform for settlement reasons.
Hargreaves Lansdown will only buy stock that settles through CREST. CREST is a UK-based Central Securities Depository that holds UK equities and UK gilts as well as Irish equities and other international securities. CREST allows shareholders and bondholders to hold assets in a dematerialised stock, i.e. electronic form, rather than holding physical share certificates. If a company's electronic shares are not settled through CREST, we cannot complete that settlement cycle. Overseas markets can often use a different settlement system that Hargreaves Lansdown is not party to, so this means we’re unable to trade a stock on behalf of our clients.
You may be able to find another broker that allows you to trade on this market, but regrettably, this is unlikely to change in the near future - I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.