Member Info for MattyBoy1965

''i’ve been using them for years and have found them helpful and professional!''

so have i sellmethispen (since july 2014 to be exact) and yes that certainly was the case (was!!)

i assume you are aware though that hargreaves lansdown was officially bought out and taken private on march 25, 2025?

the acquisition was executed by harp bidco limited, an investment vehicle controlled by a private equity consortium comprised of ⁠cvc capital partners, ⁠nordic capital, and platinum ivy (an affiliate of the abu dhabi investment authority - adia). the £5.4 billion deal officially de-listed the company from the ⁠london stock exchange, transforming it into a private entity designed to 'accelerate ⁠technology and digital transformation'.

in my opinion it's gone to **** ever since as illustrated more recently be the outage that prevented people from trading for a large proportion of the day, which has personally cost me an additional 3,800 shares that i would have been able to acquire for free (by selling up on friday first thing and re-buying my holding on the monday) had it not happened and which is now being investigated by the fos as hl didn't give a ****e!!

@sydjames That's great news! I'd be offering thanks to the good Lord myself as I for one have been praying for her regularly since you first mentioned her operation, as I'm sure have others on here (and whether you are a believer or not he's certainly never let me down to date!)

@ goldielock

i took a chunk in uru a while back (not investment advice!!!) but hoping for a nice payday over there (and soon hopefully) to use to load up a few more here, (as well buying back my sareum holding - another **** or bust play - and maybe adding some avacta to my portfolio for the first time?!)

uru is still very risky but if it goes the way we all hope it will (full t/o) then 'happy days'!

dyor and good luck!

@ Rotherby

Well personally I'm currently drawing on my Post-Retirement Fund and 20% paying tax (As I have a rental property that uses up my Annual Personal Allowance) as the way I look at it is if I leave my ISA-held GGP Shares untouched, the increase over the next 7 years (when my pre-retirement pot will be gone according to my IFA) in their value will replace that tax (and then some) especially when combined with my (still untouched) Pre-Retirement Fund which is entirely invested in GGP (and still eligible for the 25% PCLS).

Whether that's the best way to go only time will tell (but an increase of only 25p a share from where we are now, over the next 7 years, will replace ALL of the tax that I will have paid at the end of those seven years.

I will also by then hopefully have a 7 figure ISA held investment which can be drawn upon tax free as and when needed (or even a tax free dividend income from the same!)

''I’m sure this is closely monitored so how can he be gaining?''

Yeah, unlike Nancy 'P1sslosi' who having outperformed EVERY Wall Street firm on her own investments over a period of time has NEVER been investigated FFS! (Insider trading much!?)

(But then she is a Democrat, whose father had ties to 'The Mob'!!)

'then MMs are out of a job'

Karma can't come soon enough for those crooked bent barstewards!!!!!!! Can't wait!!

Because AIM is bent as Fcuk!!

So the price on the ASX is now 66.5p higher than the last close on AIM!

Will we close 66.5p up on Tuesday then? (Well I for one won't be holding my breath!!)

(Bent as!!)

Ditto Iscatnow!

Not only that but I wouldn't want to be locked out, as bitter experience has taught me just because you want to buy at the offer price it doesn't mean you can (and the same for when you want to sell)!

Fully agree Everyonesawinner! Now they're just really taking the p1 ss!!!

(After hours 'mates rates' trade incoming no doubt - just like yesterday!!)

109,444 shares bought at 16:35:02 for £7.105 when the ask closed at £7.14 (Talk about 'mates rates'! Only £777.60k worth!!)

Because AIM is bent! (How is it we are valued at 23p less than those shares on the ASX!?)

finally received confirmation yesterday from the fos that they are commencing their investigation into my official complaint against hl over the 'system outage' experienced a short while back (as well as their ****e response to my original complaint and associated losses).

will wait and see what happens (if anything, as not holding my breath to be honest) and will update here as and when!

''Good luck trying to get anything out of Fidelity''.

As I said, I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole!

''I have allways struggled to buy back GGP in any volume''

That's EXACTLY why I don't trade this SOZZY! Just buy and hold for me as wouildn't want to risk getting locked out! (Learnt a long time ago that just because you want to sell it doesn't mean the MMs will let you and the same goes for when you want to buy too!)

Just sit tight and be patient is my preference!

@ SOZZY

''so rang the broker (Fidelity)''

That right there is your problem. My late father had investments with them (wouldn't touch them with a bargepole!)

Happens to me a lot too potnak!!

''And Matty. If I had an IFA at all , they’d be pretty appalled at the disproportionate amounts in my portfolio too. But then frankly most of my others don’t hold a candle to!''

The rest of my Portfolio is a total trainwreck Panama (although I have hopes for URU, so fingers crossed!).

Thank heavens for GGP!!! A true 'Unicorn' and the saviour of my ISA (and Pension to a lesser extent!)

Looking forward to the next few years leading up to Hav coming into full flow! (and hopefully north of £20!)

;-)

Egg, Face, much!

LMAO! ;-)

''If I had a financial adviser they'd be horrified at how little diversification I have in my holdings''

I have an IFA ('inherited' from my late father) and he often tells me my exposure to GGP gives him 'sleepless nights', but so far I have proven him wrong (very wrong, but at least he admits it?!)

1,680% up in just under 12 years. Not too shabby! (with far more to come IMHO!)