Investment 'brokers'

[Leftie]

Spurred on by a piece in the financial section of one of yesterdays papers I have started to look at the 'brokers' who seem to be able to do away with or significantly reduce the initial charge for setting up investmnet funds, and make their money from a share of the annual charge and a small annula fee ( £10-£30).

Anybody any experience of them and whether they do what it says on the tin?

www.bestinvest.co.uk/

www.chartwell-investment.co.uk/content/services.htm

www.h-l.co.uk/our_services/our_services.hl

[brotherharry]

Been using Best-invest for a number of years now and zero complaints. I don't have enough funds to warrant them managing my portfolio, but the self-service and tools are pretty good. I really like the ratings and assessment of funds by manager. They've convinced me they know what they are doing...