How to buy 3i Group shares

How to buy 3i Group shares

Our view: The next generation of online trading platform means you can get setup & buy 3i Group shares in as little as 5 minutes!

1. Select a share platform - See our top platform picks
2. Open your share account - To do this, you will need your bank details and national insurance number
3. Fund your account - You will need to fund your a/c with a debit or credit card or bank transfer
4. Search for the share using the 3i Group stock code - Type in the III stock code into the search box
5. Check out the latest info and price for the selected share - Some platforms offer free research and analysis
6. Buy the share - Nice and easy!

Trading news for 3i Group

Is now a good time to buy 3i shares?

How to select a share trading app/platform?

Trading platform services offered vary widely, and so do the costs.

5 things to think about:

1. How do you want to trade?

There are different ways to trade shares online:

a. Short-term trading – Spread betting & CFDs

Are you looking to take advantage of short-term opportunities in the market?

With derivatives trading you can use products such as CFDs and spread bets to speculate on a share price increasing or decreasing without having to take direct ownership of the shares themselves.

CFDs (Contracts For Difference) and spread betting are leveraged products, which means you can gain full exposure to company shares while only putting down a small deposit. While this magnifies possible profits, it does the same for losses.

CFDs & spread bets are popular among short-term traders as profits and losses are realised immediately – making it faster to open and close trades. However, this doesn’t mean you can’t use them for longer-term positions. You’d need to consider the costs of maintaining a position – such as overnight funding – and the bet duration, as spread bets have fixed terms.

They enable you to buy and sell shares online without owning the underlying asset. This has tax benefits and means you can trade both rising and falling markets (Tax laws are subject to change).

b. Long-term trading – Investing in shares

Are you looking to take a longer-term position in shares?

Share dealing services enables you to invest in company shares with a view to selling them for a profit at a later date. When you buy shares you become a part owner of that Company and gain shareholder rights including any income that is paid as dividends.

Different share-dealing services have different charging structures. Some platforms offer commission-free share dealing, but most operate on a fixed fee per trade, usually reducing this fee if you carry out more than a certain number of monthly trades.

Profits you make on share trading capital gains and dividends may be subject to tax at your rate. Taxation can be mitigated if you trade within an ISA or Self Invested Personal Pension account.

2. Do you want to do a lot of trading?

Active investors will want to look for a platform that offers the lowest fees for volume trades.

If you are going to trade stock regularly, most trading platforms will offer lower trading prices based on volume.

3. How easy to use is this trading platform: what kind of tools and customer service does it offer?

How easy is the platform to buy and sell shares for new traders/investors?

Platform functionality is becoming the key battleground in persuading traders which platform to go for.

Mobile app features are also vital in offering traders alerts and buy/sell signals whilst on the move.

These are often the criteria that count most highly with users, so research and read the reviews.

Many investors are prepared to pay more fees for a platform that offers handy apps and services.

4. Types of trading accounts for long-term trading?

Some trading platforms offer general share trading accounts, ISA accounts, and Self Invested Personal Pension Accounts, which offer tax-free trading benefits (no tax on dividends or capital gains tax on realised profit).

Trader accounts that offer ISA and SIPP includes Interactive Investor, AJ Bell, and Hargreaves Lansdown.

5. Do you want to trade just in shares, funds, or shares & funds?

If you are also interested in investing or trading in funds, this may determine who you go with.

If you are interested in ETFs, Investment Trusts, Open Ended Investment Companies (OEICs) or Unit Trusts, you will need to check with the platform provider. E.g. Some platforms only offer a limited number of collectives, such as OEICs.

The charging structure for funds held on the platform will vary. Over time the impact of such charges can be significant. Check the platform charging structure carefully.

About 3i Group

3i Group plc is a private equity firm specializing in mature companies, growth capital, middle markets, infrastructure, and management leveraged buyouts and buy-ins. The firm also provides infrastructure financing and debt management. For debt management, it invests in senior and mezzanine corporate debt in typically large and private companies in United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, and North America. It makes private equity investments in business and technology services, financial services, consumer, healthcare, consumption and distribution, media and telecom, renewable energy, wind, and industrial technology sector. Within business and technology services, the firm seeks to invest in sub sectors such as testing, inspection and certification; intelligent outsourcing, BPO and consultancy; human capital including staffing, governance, risk and compliance, services to pharmaceutical companies, vertical application software, education and training businesses; facilities management; support services to industrial sectors such as oil and gas and utilities; human resources outsourcing and advising; recruitment; logistics and infrastructure support services including distribution, waste, and rental. In the consumer sector, it focuses on, multi-unit roll out, omni-channel propositions, niche branded consumer goods, polarization, health and wellness, ageing population, millennials, consumer goods; e-commerce; retail; food and drinks; and leisure. In the healthcare sector, the firm focuses on outsourced medical device manufacturing & services, outsourced pharmaceutical manufacturing & services, bioprocessing supply chain, life science tools and diagnostics, wellness & consumer health products, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology including specialty pharma, generics / OTC, drug delivery, and animal health; healthcare Services including activities such as elderly and specialty care, including caring for people in their own homes, in hospital and in community facilities, as well as operational services such as outsourced support, cl