RE: HL response6 May 2020 10:09
Scotlouie, I copied and pasted this from a message HL sent me. I hope that this helps!
Hargreaves Lansdown uses the UK Central Securities Depository, CREST, for all equity and bond settlement and if a stock is withdrawn or cannot be held through CREST it restricts the trading options available to Hargreaves Lansdown clients.
In order to provide an on-going dealing facility in China New Energy Ltd Shares we have entered a global custody agreement with HSBC Bank plc. This agreement means that the stock can be held in its relevant overseas settlement system which ensures that trades in the stock can be settled. The Shares will continue to show in your Hargreaves Lansdown portfolio, but as the underlying custodian will be HSBC, or a sub-custodian of HSBC, there will be certain implications you should be aware of.
Whilst the stock is held with HSBC we will only allow sale instructions to be processed and all purchase requests will be rejected. It will only be possible to sell the Shares by phoning our Stockbrokers on 0117 980 9800, subject to telephone dealing rates of 1% of the consideration, subject to a minimum of £20 and a maximum of £50. Trades will be placed in Hong Kong Dollars and converted by Hargreaves Lansdown subject to our standard currency conversion fees.
Our Hong Kong broker will also charge a commission fee of HKD1,000.00 (currently approximately £100), which will be passed on to you.