Following the Woodford meltdown, and feeling sore as one of the fed- up victims of the uncomfortably complicit Hargreaves Lansdown platform too, I'm now feeling highly risk-averse and seriously considering not only switching platforms, but also moving out of all the fancy costly funds HL advised me to buy (many of which seem to be lacklustre performers) into mostly index trackers.
I'm hearing positive noises about Vanguard, and just wonder who has been investing in any of their funds for a while? I've no experience of trackers as yet, but hear the charges are much lower and they often end up doing just as well. It's high time my humble investments stopped enriching affluent and often incompetent City boys like Woodford and began growing more safely. Sincere thanks in advance if anyone can share personal experience here on the best trackers.