How do I buys shares on another stock exchange?

[IceBoy]

Hi All,

I thought this was a straight forward process but it seems not.

I phoned my bank, who I buy/sell shares with....I'm a novice and don't dabble much.

Anyway...I've come across a small company in Canada and I want to invest in their shares.

What are the pros and cons of purchasing outside of the LSE and also, how do I do it?

IceBoy

[Mr Overheads]

You need a broker / platform that has those shares available to trade. 100's of different platforms so without knowing the exact share it's difficult to say, try these:

Hargreaves Lansdown
Barclays Stockbrokers
http://www.iii.co.uk/international-investing


You say it's a Canadian Company but which stock exchange are they listed on?

[ClaphamGT3]

ABN Amro in the Netherlands has a good international broking platform that I use

[CasioPasio]

If I may add something to this, it would be issues with currency.

Since I am in the UK and I buy shares in the US, I actually lose money sometimes when the pound increases against the dollar.

This has been a bit of a pain.

[matjk]

You also make money on the currency fluctuations just depends which way it moves , pound goes up you lose , pound goes down you win !

[essayer]

Not on BestInvest, since they don’t allow you to purchase individual stocks outside the U.K.

[IceBoy]

Mr Overheads said:

You need a broker / platform that has those shares available to trade. 100's of different platforms so without knowing the exact share it's difficult to say, try these:

Hargreaves Lansdown
Barclays Stockbrokers
http://www.iii.co.uk/international-investing


You say it's a Canadian Company but which stock exchange are they listed on?

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Hi OP here,

I'm not sure which stock exchange they are listed on, I will google today.

I use Barclays Stockbrokers and they cannot help me!

IceBoy

[IceBoy]

OK, I believe they stock exchange to be:

The TSX Venture Exchange is a stock exchange in Canada.

Iceboy

[Mr Overheads]

Any chance it's Viscount Mining:
https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/06/...

[aquarianone]

Sign up with Hargreaves and you should be fine.

Might need to complete the W-8BEN form but it's pretty straight fwd.

http://www.hl.co.uk/shares/share-dealing/overseas-...