Self-directed Investing Plus
World-wide investing on a professional platform
- Professional and reliable trading platforms
- Investing in more than 25,000 products
- ESG / Impact investing possible
- No transaction fees for funds and ETFs from the basic range
For the global investor
With Self-directed Investing Plus, you trade in a wide range of shares, investment funds, EFTs/trackers, bonds, options and other instruments on the major stock exchanges worldwide.
Before you start investing
Investing involves risks. You may lose (a part of) your investment. If you are going to invest, it is important that you are aware of this.
Invest on global stock markets
Self-directed Investing Plus is intended for investors who want to choose from over 25,000 investments from 22 global stock markets. From shares and ETFs, to complex products such as options. You have free access to the My Dealingroom investment platform, with real time stock market information, handy tools and technical analyses, allowing you to decide your own strategies.
Why Self-directed Investing Plus?
User-friendly platforms
You have control over your portfolio anytime, anywhere with the ABN AMRO app, Internet Banking and My Dealingroom. No matter how you invest, you do it with convenient and reliable trading platforms.
Extensive range
You invest worldwide on the foremost stock markets in 22 countries. The range includes over 25,000 investments, from shares, bonds and funds, to complex products such as options.
Inspiration and education
You have access to handy tools and information, such as the latest stock market news, webinars, articles and the Fund Selector. Our experts share their opinions on shares and provide updates about ABN AMRO’s investment vision.
Start investing now
If you’re new to investing, we’d be happy to help you. We can guide you through the various investment options, the risks, and the choices open to you. Start investing in a way that’s right for you.
Build up your capital automatically
Self-directed Investing Plus allows you to invest periodically. This means that you automatically invest a fixed amount in an investment fund or a selection of ETFs. You can do this weekly, monthly or every six months. You can stop whenever you want.
Diversify your investments with ETFs
ETFs offer an easy way to spread your investments over multiple shares and bonds. Read all about how this works, why ETFs are popular and how to make your choice.
Investing in shares
What do you need to know before you start investing in shares? We’ll explain the ins and outs. Find out how to buy and sell shares, learn which risks are involved and read our tips on investing in shares.
Spread your risk with funds
Much like ETFs, investment funds are an easy way to invest in a mix of investments. We’ll explain how they differ from an ETF, how to select a fund and all the pros and cons.
Risks and terms and conditions
You should only invest capital that you have over and above your buffer for unforeseen expenses. Investing can be interesting, but it is not without risk. You may lose (a part of) your investment. It is good to be aware of this. We recommend that you only invest in investment products that match your knowledge and experience.
With Self-directed Investing Plus, you make your choices without advice from us. Do you know the risks of investing? That means you are better able to determine whether you want to run those risks and prevent yourself facing any surprises. We have listed the most common risks for you.
What are the costs?
This is what you pay us
You pay us service costs and sometimes transaction costs.
- Service costs are costs for the administration of your investment portfolio and the information we provide about it.
- You pay transaction costs when buying and selling investment products
- You don't pay transaction costs for buying and selling ETFs and investment funds from the basic range. You pay transaction costs for the other 600 ETFs from the Self-directed Investing Plus range.
- You will not pay any additional costs for My Dealingroom.
This is what you pay to other parties
If you have investment funds in your portfolio, you must take into account the costs that these funds incur:
- Management and administration costs, the so-called running costs.
- Costs for buying and selling investments, i.e. the transaction costs within the fund.
These costs are already included in the price of the investment fund. The Essential Investor Information for each fund states the costs.
Overview of costs you pay us
Transaction costs
- Investment funds from the basic range*: no transaction costs
- Investment funds outside the basic range in the Netherlands and Abroad group 1*: € 4 per order + 0.04% of the value of the order (maximum € 150)
- Investment funds Abroad group 2*: 0.6%
- Non-standard investment funds: Buy: 2.00%, with a minimum of € 30 and a maximum of € 750. Sale: 1.00% with a minimum of € 30 and a maximum of € 750.
- ETFs in the basic range: no transaction costs
- ETFs Abroad group 1: € 4.00 + 0.04% on the value of the order, with a maximum of € 150 per order
- ETFs Abroad group 2: € 4.00 + 0.04% on the value of the order, with a minimum of € 50 and a maximum of € 750 per order
- Shares in the Netherlands and Abroad group 1*: € 4 per order + 0.04% of the value of the order (maximum € 150)
- Shares Abroad group 2*: € 4.00 per order + 0.04% of the value of the order (minimum € 50, maximum € 750)
- Options: € 2.25 per contract (1st to 20th contract), € 1.95 per contract (21st contract onwards)
- Turbos: € 4.00 per order + 0.04%(maximum € 150)
- Bonds: € 4.00 per order + 0.04%(maximum € 150)
You can find the ETFs and investment funds of the basic range, for which you do not have to pay transaction costs, here (Dutch).
Service costs
- The fixed costs are € 48 per year
- In addition, you pay percentages on the value of your investments:
- 0.20% on the part up to € 100,000
- 0.12% on the part from € 100,000 to € 400,000
- 0.06% on the part from € 400,000
*For a complete overview, please consult the new rate card . Please also read the additional information with the rate card (PDF, 85 KB) .
See also ‘An example of the costs’ for more insight into your possible costs.
Example calculation of the costs
ABN AMRO uses sample profiles to give you a clear idea of the annual costs of investing. These sample profiles show the projected annual costs if you invest in the same (or nearly the same) way as the sample profile. We’ll present a few sample profiles, each of which has its own specific features.
Select the profile that best suits your investment portfolio and investment behaviour. The annual costs in the sample profile will closely resemble the costs that you will be charged. This gives you an idea of how much investing will cost, before you actually start.
Who is Self-directed Investing Plus for?
- You understand the features and risks of the investments you’re interested in.
- You want to choose from an extensive range of investments: from shares, bonds and funds, to complex investment products such as options.
- You want to make your own choices and compile your own investment portfolio.
- You want to place your own orders, without our advice.
- You want to be able to invest online and on your mobile phone; view your portfolio and place orders in the ABN AMRO app and via Internet Banking.
- You want access to a professional trading platform; My Dealingroom allows you to monitor developments on the market and in your portfolio, free of charge.
If you’re a pension company or private company incorporated to make periodic payments, or you’re investing on behalf of one of these two, different rules apply.
Knowledge exams
When you request Self-directed Investing Plus, we ask for information about your knowledge of investing and your level of investment experience. We use this information to assess whether the investments you have selected are right for you. This is why we ask you to complete a questionnaire about your knowledge and experience before you start investing. You also need a separate contract if you want to invest in options.
Find out more about the terms and conditions for options (PDF, 161 KB)
Find out more about the questionnaire and knowledge exams
Not sure about Self-directed Investing Plus?
If you’re not sure whether Self-directed Investing Plus is right for you, do the choice guide or compare it with Self-directed Investing Basic or BUX. Or you could invest with us via Guided Investing. And if you want to invest €50,000 or more, you can opt for Portfolio Management and leave the investing to our experienced experts.
What can I invest in?
With Self-directed Investing Plus you have access to more than 25,000 products on stock exchanges in 22 countries:
- Shares
- Investment funds
- Complex investment funds
- ETFs/trackers
- Structured products
- Hedge funds
- Bonds
- Options
- Fixed income securities
- Warrants
Self-directed Investing Plus offers you access to the stock exchanges of the following countries:
| Australia | Luxembourg |
| Belgium | The Netherlands |
| Canada | Norway |
| Denmark | Austria |
| Germany | Portugal |
| Finland | Singapore |
| France> | Spain |
| Hong Kong | United Kingdom |
| Ireland | United States |
| Italy | Sweden |
| Japan | Switzerland |
Self-directed Investing Plus trading platforms
If you choose Self-directed Investing Plus, you’ll have access to your portfolio wherever and whenever you like, via the ABN AMRO app, Internet Banking and My Dealingroom.
The ABN AMRO app allows you to:
- view your portfolio and returns;
- place orders;
- take the knowledge exams for complex investment products.
Internet Banking allows you to:
- view your portfolio;
- view fundamental opinions (on shares);
- place orders;
- take the knowledge exams for complex investment products.
With the My Dealingroom trading platform, you:
- use a professional trading platform at no extra cost;
- can place orders in more than 40,000 investment products
- have access to real-time streaming of rates for shares, options, Euronext indices, large indices and the euro-dollar rate;
- have access to the key figures and consensus of other banks and trading houses concerning more than 8,500 funds;
- can perform technical analyses with various indicators;
- have workspaces that you can tailor to your needs;
- can log in on any PC, laptop and tablet, using both Windows and Mac.
Convenient tools and information
- With Self-directed Investing Plus, you always have access to our investment opinions on shares (buy/hold/sell), with a new ‘stock exchange trend’ every trading day.
- Updates from our experts will keep you up-to-date on the latest market developments. In addition, you will receive weekly investment news by email in which the previous and next trading week are discussed. Twice a year, we also share ABN AMRO’s comprehensive long-term investment vision with you.
- The Fund Selector enables you to search, select and compare investment funds and ETFs/trackers based on various characteristics.
- Information regarding the market prices of the major stock exchanges can be found on our website, as well as the prices of options, government bonds, currency, certificates, guarantee products and raw materials.
How do I place an order?
You can place orders through the ABN AMRO app, Internet Banking and My Dealingroom.
Switch or stop
Switch to Self-directed Investing Plus
Do you have a Self-directed Investing or Self-directed Investing Basic account, and do you want to transfer your portfolio to Self-directed Investing Plus? It couldn´t be easier. Just request the transfer of your portfolio in Internet Banking.
This is how you request the transfer
- Go to your account overview
- Click on your current investment account and select Product settings.
- Choose to transfer to Self-directed Investing Plus
- The transfer is requested within 5 minutes.
Already investing with ABN AMRO through another investment concept, and would like to convert this to Self-directed Investing Plus? Then please contact our customer service.
Are you investing with another bank or broker?
You can easily transfer your investment portfolio to ABN AMRO. You open an investment account, request the transfer service, and we do the rest. What happens if your current bank charge costs for your transfer? We will reimburse this up to a maximum amount of € 1,500.
Stop investing
You can always stop Self-directed Investing Plus. You can cancel in writing or let us know online that we should close the account.
Sustainable investing
When investing sustainably, the consequences of the investment play an important role. That is why it is also referred to as socially responsible investing. A sustainable investor wants to contribute to a better world. In addition to the environment, sustainable investors also promote human rights and education, for instance.
Socially responsible investing is an important principle of ABN AMRO. Certain investments are completely excluded for all investment types. Investments in producers of cluster bombs and landmines, for instance.
Would you like to (partly) invest in sustainable investment funds? You can easily see how sustainable the funds you select are in the Fund Selector or filter them based on sustainability.
Still not sure? Compare our investment methods
Self-directed Investing Plus
Range of over 25,000 investments from global stock markets. From shares and ETFs, to complex products such as options.
- Periodic investing in funds and ETFs
- No transaction fees for funds and ETFs from the basic selection
- Access to My Dealingroom
- Start investing from €20
Self-directed Investing Basic
Clear range of over 500 funds, shares and ETFs
- Periodic investing in funds and ETFs
- No transaction fees for funds and ETFs
- Choosing is easy with our Fund Selector
- Start investing from €20
BUX by ABN AMRO
App-only investing in a range of over 3,000 shares and ETFs.
- An easy way to invest in shares and ETFs, all in a single app
- 1,25% interest on uninvested cash
- Fractional investing from €10 per share or ETF
- Start investing from as little as €10
Guided stock market trading
For if you don’t have enough time or the right knowledge, or you’d rather leave it to our experts.
Investing involves risks
Investing involves risks. You could lose (some of) the money you invested. If you are going to invest, it is important that you are aware of this. Invest with money you can spare. Read more about the risks associated with investments.
Do you need help?
Do you have a question?
Find the answers to frequently asked questions about investing on our service page.
