In-specie ISA transfer possible?

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I am currently holding investments in an ISA with Interactive Brokers (IB).

I donā€™t like my current provider due to certain constraints and fees and I would like to transfer my holdings in-specie to a new provider.

IB my investments via Euroclear. I contacted a few ISA providers and they said they canā€™t do an in-specie transfer because they use CREST, which is incompatible with Euroclear.

Does Trading212 use Euroclear to hold and settle transactions in the UK and is hence compatible with in-specie transfers from Interactive Brokers?

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In theory, Trading 212 uses Interactive Brokers (IBKR) as custodian, see

Your shares are held in a pooled account at Interactive Brokers, one of the largest brokers in the worldā€¦

so I would be surprised if they donā€™t do in-specie transfers from IBKR.

Alas, according to this list of supported brokers for portfolio transfers, IBKR is only listed in the ā€œcash transfers (ISA only)ā€ column on the left:

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I wouldnā€™t be surprised if there was a ā€˜non competeā€™ between the two, or it potentially being more difficult mechanically than we think!