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Did you actually read my post? I don't even hold LGEN shares at the moment tho' I have done dozens of times.I've been trading since the '80s and have £240k's worth of equities, I am complaining about HL withholding access to paid divis for in this case nearly a month

Some people don't seem to understand what I've said (I don't even hold LGEN shares at the moment, it's just one of the biggest forums that's why I posted here) I repeat: when I receive my divi, in this case nearly £12k from OSB, I haven't been able to access the money, to withdraw or reinvest, for nearly a month because they say 'unavailable'. Clear?

Well, I've never heard of a capital account, I've got an account 'shares & funds' that I trade from. Nobody's offered me a Capital account, I just want to withdraw or at least have option of re-investing, the day I get my divi.

I'm talking about payday, the day H&L get it, they don't allow me access to it immediately. I don't have LGEN shares at the moment, I'm asking on forums I've used before

i don't understand it, i get my divis and they show on my account on payment day but they are not available as cash, not available to withdraw, until the first week of the following month. i've got a normal share & fund account that i trade on. what am i doing different to others. i'm happy to withdraw myself on the day i get it, no need for h&l to set up anything but it is 'unavailable to withdraw' till the first week of the following month. i haven't been too ****ed before but nearly £12k is different.

Cash yes, but the divi is 'not available to invest' till the following month

A general question to all investors: I've been with H&L for a few years and complained many times about holding my divis till the first week of the following month; this time they've got, hijacked, £11,550 of MY money since early May, it shows in my account as cash but I can neither reinvest or withdraw it until they release it. They make millions I reckon and it's a racket, not the Post Office but a scandal, it takes microseconds to auto transfer money now. Do all platforms do this??

A general question to all investors: I've been with H&L for a few years and been to lazy to change despite this problem: they hold my divis, frozen and actually in their account, till 'the first week of the following month's I can neither re-invest or withdraw, they've hijacked £11,550 of MY money since early May, for their use, it happens on every divi but this large has woken me up. It's not the Post Office but it is a racket, daylight robbery, it takes microseconds to transfer money now and I think it's a scandal - do all platforms do this??

A general question to investors: I've been with H&L for a few years now and they've held (hijacked) £11,550 of my money, a divi from my largest holding since ît was paid to me, via them, in early May on the premis that they 'pay all their divis out the first week of the following month'. It's not the Post Office but it's a racket nevertheless. They hold the divis nominally showing in ones account but it's not actually, you can't invest it, it's frozen until they release it. That's many £millions. Do all platforms do this?

Bought another 1k today at 2990, I'm up to my ears in these now but don't feel uneasy like I did a week ago - what could possibly go wrong? Great news about Aviva too.

Yes, if there is an underlying unannounced issue that MWace & co have seen or suspected then fair enough but if by just steaming in with heavy shorts they can fulfil their own prophecy it seems a bit - I can't believe I'm sounding pious but - unethical. If that is the case let's hope WTB get a bid tomorrow and they lose the lot. But then they'd probably have the inside track on that too. I can only watch now, locked in bigtime.

Forgot to mention earlier in all the excitement - Liberum chipped in yesterday with a £4 buy notice. What that's worth in six months we'll see.

Nobody seems to be able to rationalise it. MWace often seem to get it right and the SP is what it is but I can't imagine any big underlying problem wouldn't have surfaced since the healthy figs and the buy back is board induced so hopefully it's just reflecting short term economic woes. £33 by autumn anyone?

Nobody seems to be able to rationalise it. MWace often seem to get it right and the SP is what it is but I can't imagine any big underlying problem wouldn't have since the healthy figs and

Blimey, I thought it would be a lot worse this morning.

Marshall Wace: could it be because the ExDiv is coming, probably 2950 tomorrow, but that seems too obvious, if it was that easy they'd all be at it. I'll get my £3k tomorrow and try not to look for a while I think.

I've always (well, 3 times) made a few quid with this lot but everytime it's been bumpy. I think I'm stuck with them for a while but then I do duck n dive too much, maybe be patient for a change.

For what it's worth - there's a new broker assessment today: Jeffries says it's a 'Buy' and targets... £42. I'm sure he knows more than me but where he gets that figure from I can't imagine, the market doesn't seem that optimistic about them.

I always think the M.Waces are the only ones doing deep research these days, skin in the game etc, whereas, to exaggerate, the scribblers meet the board for lunch and ask a few questions so it is worrying, but the figures, divi, buyback etc reassure me and Germany hasn't even got going yet. Can you hear whistling?

There's a couple of paragraphs in the latest Investors Chronicle re companies that have suffered inordinately from the rate squeeze and in 'SOB for OSB' they make a case for 30% upside ( to 585p then) which seems optimistic but anyway a positive.