About Barclays Stockbrokers - About Us

We believe that anyone can use a range of equity-based investments to make the most of their money. We have a comprehensive range of products and accounts tailored to different needs. These include:

• Funds Market - providing access to leading fund managers. Choose to invest in single funds (Unit Trusts and OEICS).
• Investment Notes - innovative structured products developed by Barclays Capital.
• Contracts for Difference (CFDs) - rather than physically buying and holding stock, you deal on the price movements of an individual share or an index.
• Financial Spread Trading - an agreement between a client and a provider to exchange the difference between the opening and closing value of the trade at a future date. You can bet on a variety of instruments including major indices, currencies, commodities, individual equities quoted on leading exchanges, and their associated options.
• BARXdirect: Our award winning fully customisable professional trading platform offering you the same quality and level of information as city traders use on a day-to-day basis.
• Foreign Exchange (FX): FX on BARXdirect gives you access to the world's biggest financial market enabling you to trade global currencies in all market conditions.

• MarketMaster - ideal for online or telephone trading. You can open an account online today and be trading tomorrow.
• Company Dealing Account - ideal for a small to medium sized businesses
• Investment ISA - tax-efficient sharedealing - free from Capital Gains and Income Tax
• Managed ISA - we manage your tax-efficient investments for you
• ShareDeal - a paper based certificated sharedealing service (only available by telephone)

We also believe in making sharedealing straight forward, which is why we have service standards. Our staff are trained to provide a prompt, helpful and efficient service, whether you contact us by telephone, email or letter.

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