Price promise

We are confident you will like ii’s simple fair fees. In fact, if after 6 months you would have paid less online at EQi, ii will refund the difference.

Our price promise

Summary

  • Our price promise covers your ongoing charges and your online trading activity. It does not cover telephone dealing charges, foreign exchange charges, non-UK resident charges and non-personal account charges and other administrative charges. 
  • We will automatically pay any rebate that you qualify for under the promise into your ii account within 60 days of the price promise period ending. 

FAQs

Price promise offer terms

1. Provided you meet the Qualifying Criteria (defined below) and subject to these offer terms, you will be entitled to receive a cash rebate equal to the amount (if any) by which:

i - What you pay with ii - the total Service Plan monthly fees and online dealing commission charges (excluding all other Interactive Investor Services Limited (“ii”, “us”, “we” or “our”) fees and charges including without limitation all telephone dealing charges, foreign exchange charges, administrative charges, non-UK resident charges and non-personal account charges) paid by you to ii in accordance with our rate card during the first six calendar months (“Rebate Period”) following the date of your migration from EQi to the ii platform (“Migration Date”);

Exceeds

ii - What you would have paid to EQi - the total fees that would have been notionally payable by you to EQi for your migrated account activity at ii during the Rebate Period based solely on EQi’s equivalent standard fees (as set out in the table in the Appendix to these terms) that were applicable to your migrated account type(s) immediately prior to the Migration Date at EQi (the “Price Promise”).

For the avoidance of doubt: (i) the Price Promise only applies to your EQi accounts that are migrated to the ii platform on the Migration Date; and (ii) the Price Promise does not apply to any fees you pay to any third parties (e.g. third party SIPP providers); and (iii) for customers who migrated to EQi from Halifax Investment Services only, EQi Account Fees and ii Service Plan Fees shall be disregarded for the purposes of calculating any rebate due under this Price Promise.

2. To qualify for the Price Promise, you must: (i) continue to have an open account on our platform as at the time we calculate the rebate amount; (ii) have accessed EQi’s services under the “EQi” brand immediately prior to the Migration Date; and (iii) not be an ii account holder immediately prior to the Migration Date (together the “Qualifying Criteria”).

3. We will only pay a rebate into an ii Trading Account, and, where required, we will open an ii Trading Account on your behalf in your name if you do not have one linked to your other account at the time of the rebate payment. Rebates will be credited to your ii Trading Account within 60 days following the end of the Price Promise period expiring. Rebate sums will not be paid by any other means. By participating in the Price Promise, you consent to the opening of a Trading Account pursuant to this clause 3 and you agree to be bound by the terms applicable to such Trading Account at ii.co.uk/legalterms.

4. The Price Promise is not intended to be taken as advice or any personal recommendation to consent to your cash and investments moving from the EQi platform to ii. If you are unsure whether consenting to the move is right for you, you should take independent financial advice.

5. The ii rates used for the calculation of the rebate payment will be those published on our website at the time of the calculation. We reserve the right to determine in our absolute discretion the amount of rebate payable.

6. The Price Promise rebate is funded by ii. Any rebate you are eligible for will not be drawn from your investments.

7. Anyone who is seen to be abusing the Price Promise may be excluded at ii’s absolute discretion.

8. ii reserves the right to amend or withdraw these terms at any time without notice.

9. All participants in the Price Promise agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

10. These terms are governed by English law.

11. These terms must be read in conjunction with the relevant ii Terms of Service, ISA Terms and Pension Trading Account Terms. In the event of any conflict between these terms and the relevant ii Terms of Service, ISA Terms and/or Pension Trading Account Terms, these Price Promise terms shall prevail.

12. Interactive Investor Services Limited is the promoter of this Price Promise. Its registered office is at 201 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3NW.

Appendix

Equivalent EQi rates and charges eligible for the Price Promise

Online Dealing Commission

Shares, Inv Trusts, Bonds, Gilts £10.99 (Frequent Trader: £5.99)
ETFs £9.99 (Frequent Trader: £5.99)
Fund Purchases – free
Fund Sales £10.99 (Frequent Trader: £5.99)
Frequent trader rate applied after 20 trades in any one calendar month, calculated across all accounts.
Dividend Reinvestment: £1.50
Regular Investment: £1.50

Account Fees

Custody Fee:

  • Dealing account: £17.49 p/q
  • ISA (inc. dealing acc): £17.49 p/q
  • SIPP (inc. dealing acc): £17.49 p/q
  • ISA+SIPP £22.48 p/q

Fund Platform Fee (based on total value):

  • Up to £50k: 0.3% per annum
  • £50k - £250k: 0.25% per annum
  • £250k+: 0.15% per annum (max £250 pq)

Custody fee offset by online dealing commission plus funds platform fee.