RE: Hargreaves Lansdown Clowns8 Jul 2022 10:56
Cooler.
HL used to permit you to withdraw your shares onto certificated form, i have done this myself, last time around a year ago. Have had a quick look and they appear not to offer this service anylonger. There was a period around the covid times when they wouldnt even let you lodge shares from certificates to electronic format, that changed after a while, so i would keep an eye out in case they change the current policy again.
There is some doctorine that the EU are trying to phase out paper certificates, i think by 2025 - probably keeping track of peoples wealth is easier in a digital format. Prior to Brexit the UK was going down the same route to conform, im not sure if that is still the intention, but possibly why HL have removed the option to certificste currently.
Id try elsewhere if its that important to hold certificates (i hold a couple still)