Halifax Share Dealing is an online broker allowing customers to buy and sell shares in UK and international companies across a range of markets.

The firm was initially set up to manage the 7.5 million Halifax (United Kingdom bank) customers who were eligible for shares once the company went public in 1997 and dealt solely in Halifax shares before expanding in 1998 to offer a comprehensive service for retail customers to buy and sell shares in real time.

Halifax Share Dealing was the first in the UK to offer a regular investment plan where customers can buy shares, known as ShareBuilder. Halifax Share Dealing has continued to expand, and now offers a Self Select Funds ISA (Individual Savings Account

Individual Savings Account

An Individual Savings Account is a financial product available to residents in the United Kingdom. It is designed for the purpose of investment and savings with a favourable tax status. Money is contributed from after tax income and not subjected to income tax or capital gains tax within a holding...

), a Self Select Stocks and Shares ISA and a self-invested personal pension

Self-invested personal pension

A Self-Invested Personal Pension is the name given to the type of UK-government-approved personal pension scheme, which allows individuals to make their own investment decisions from the full range of investments approved by HM Revenue & Customs ....

 (SIPP). Halifax Share Dealing also provides an online research centre, Halifax Marketwatch, which enables investors to research companies using a wide range of market information.

Halifax Share Dealing is based in Leeds, UK, and has more than one million customers. It is part of the Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Banking Group plc is a major British financial institution, formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009. As at February 2010, HM Treasury held a 41% shareholding through UK Financial Investments Limited . The Group headquarters is located at 25 Gresham Street in London, with...

, a British-based financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS

HBOS

HBOS plc is a banking and insurance company in the United Kingdom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lloyds Banking Group having been taken over in January 2009...

in 2009 which provides UK retail, wholesale and international banking facilities, as well as insurance and investment services.

Recent awards

Recent awards won by Halifax Share Dealing include:

• MoneyAM Awards 2011 - Best Online CFD Provider

• Shares Magazine Awards 2010 - Best Fund Provider
• What Investment Awards 2010 - Share Dealing Service of the Year
• Personal Finance Awards 2010 - Best Online Stockbroker
• Daily Telegraph Wealth Management Awards 2009 – Best Execution Only Service for Equities
• What Investment Readership Awards 2009 – Best Share Dealing Service
• Share Magazine Awards 2008 – Best Self-Select ISA Provider
• Personal Finance Awards 2008 – Best Online Stockbroker
• What Investment Awards 2006 – Best Stockbroker
• What Investment Awards 2005 – Best Stockbroker
• Personal Finance & Savings Readership Awards 2005 – Best Online Stockbroker
• Personal Finance & Savings Readership Awards 2004 – Best Online Stockbroker
• What Investment Readership Awards 2004 – Best Stockbroker