Is it time you switched your investment platform?
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This is Money
4.4 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Some of the biggest investment platforms are overhauling their fees ahead of Rachel Reeves' big push to get Britain investing - and under pressure from upstarts offering much cheaper services.
The biggest name of all, Hargreaves Lansdown, has cut its prices for most investors, yet this seems to have triggered a chunk to jump ship. So, why are some HL investors moving if things are getting cheaper - and is it time we all looked at our investment platform fees?
Georgie Frost, Rachel Rickard Straus and Simon Lambert discuss the latest DIY investing battle and what it means for your portfolio - plus what you should look for if you do want cheaper investing or a helping hand.
With nearly £1trillion in Isas, how did people build up such big pots and could they end up being a target for a tax raid.
What's going on with the civil service pension meltdown?
And finally, the most applied for jobs and the apprenticeships that can people dodge a massive student debt.
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Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to This Is Money Podcast. I'm Georgie Frost and joining me and Simon Lambert today is Rachel Rickard Strauss. |
| 0:08.8 | And coming up, Furious Savers are quitting Hargreaves lands down in droves over changes to its fees. |
| 0:15.6 | So is it worth moving and what should you be looking for in a new investing platform? |
| 0:20.5 | Also today, nearly £1 trillion is now tucked away in ISIS. |
| 0:24.5 | Most is invested, but are millions of savers missing out by still sticking with cash? |
| 0:29.2 | Plus, how did one of Britain's gold standard pension schemes descend into chaos, |
| 0:34.5 | leaving thousands without income and ministers scrambling to offer emergency loans. |
| 0:39.1 | And we look at the most applied for jobs in Britain and offer some top CVD tips to get ahead |
| 0:44.4 | of the competition. Don't forget you to start to update with all the latest breaking money news. |
| 0:48.0 | Just go to this ismoney.com.uk or download the app. |
| 0:51.4 | But first, the country's largest investing platform |
| 0:55.0 | is hemorrhaging investors to rivals |
| 0:57.5 | as a result of a charges revamp, |
| 1:00.8 | which is odd because when Hargreaves landsdowne announced |
| 1:03.4 | the mishmash of price changes late last month, |
| 1:06.6 | to kick in at the start of March, |
| 1:08.8 | they were described as providing even more clients with better value for money. |
| 1:13.7 | Yet while Hargreaves said half its two million customers would benefit from lower fees, 20% will pay more. |
| 1:20.8 | Rachel, Simon, welcome, Rachel. What is going on? |
| 1:24.3 | Firstly, who are Hargreaves? And then what is going on and what are these changes? |
| 1:28.3 | Hargreaves Landsdowne have historically been the big beasts in the DIY investing space. |
| 1:35.3 | And they may have been a little bit pricier than the other upstarts, but people got the feeling |
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