How the browser works
The browser shows UCITS-compliant ETFs available to UK retail investors via the major UK platforms. It is filtered for UK-reporting status and Ireland or Luxembourg domicile, which together cover the cases where UK investors get the most straightforward tax treatment. ETFs domiciled outside these jurisdictions — most US-listed funds, for example — are not in the browser because they're either inaccessible on retail platforms or trigger punitive offshore-fund tax treatment.
What the metrics mean in practice
OCF is the headline charge — the percentage of your investment lost to fund costs annually. Index trackers should be well below 0.25%; anything above 0.40% needs an active reason. AUM (Assets Under Management) signals fund stability — small ETFs are at higher risk of being closed by the provider, forcing a forced sale that crystallises a capital gain. Spread is the bid-ask gap — wide spreads make small frequent buys expensive. TER is the older term for OCF and you'll see both used. Distribution policy (Acc vs Dist) determines whether dividends are reinvested or paid out — outside an ISA or pension, both still create a UK tax event each tax year, so it's a cash-flow decision, not a tax-saving one.
What you can't do here (and where to go instead)
This is a discovery tool, not an order entry tool. To actually buy an ETF you need a platform account (ISA, SIPP, or general investment account) with one of the major brokers — Hargreaves Lansdown, AJ Bell, Interactive Investor, Trading 212, InvestEngine, Vanguard, Fidelity. Live prices, dealing commissions and FX spreads are platform-specific and not shown here. The browser also doesn't perform suitability checks or risk profiling — those are platform responsibilities under FCA rules.
Authoritative references: FCA InvestSmart for investing basics and MoneyHelper on ETFs.
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