Online Security

We will never call you out of the blue. If someone has contacted you and said they are from Liontrust, it is very unlikely to be genuine. Please use the contact details on this website to call us to check if a communication is real. If an investment sounds too good to be true it probably is! Please check details thoroughly before investing in any products.
 

Unfortunately scams are very common and there has been an increase in fraudulent attempts in recent years. You can check if a firm is genuine by using the FCA firm checker.

If you’ve seen or heard anything suspicious that purports to come from us or relates to us of our funds please report this to us and we will look into it for you.

Recent scams: please thoroughly check details before investing in any products

We are aware of the following scams where the Liontrust name is being used when there is no connection to us whatsoever:

• Crypto products: Liontrust does not sell any sort of crypto (digital currency) or crypto products and so any individual phoning you about such a product, or an advert online marketing these, will never be legitimate Liontrust products.
• Impersonations: People may call you pretending to be a member of the Liontrust team. They may even point you to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) register to the profile of a real person. We will never phone you to sell you something, please use the contact details on this website if you want to get in touch with us to verify a communication you have had in the name of Liontrust.

If you get cold-called the safest thing to do is hang up and make contact with the firm using details found independently through a search engine like google. 

Do not click on links advertising investments in adverts on social media or youtube – research a company and product yourself first using a search engine such as google 

What to look out for

Scammers will often merge legitimate company details with fake ones – please see the below list things to look out for and what you can expect from Liontrust:

• The name of the company: Liontrust Asset Management Plc is the name of the group. Please check Investor Relations for our regulated companies.
• Being cold called/unexpected contact: Liontrust will never contact prospective clients by phone or email. Once a consumer has made an application we may need to contact you to follow up on your application, but we will never initiate a call without an application or try to sell a product to you over the phone. There have been recent scams regarding comparison websites, Liontrust will never contact you as a result of you searching on these websites.
• Regulated companies: All our regulated companies will be on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) register or the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) register.
• The website: Our primary website address is www.liontrust.com. Our other domains are www.liontrust.co.uk or www.liontrust.eu. Always type the address in yourself rather than clicking on a link sent via email or text.

• Red flags for fake websites:

  1. The website may be poorly written and include spelling errors
  2. The images and logos may appear blurring or of low quality
  3. Links on the website may not work
  4. Offers advertised on the website may look too good to be true
  5. Contact details may be missing or may differ from those on the FCA register

• The email address domain: Our email domain is @liontrust.com, @liontrust.co.uk or @liontrust.eu.
• Location of bank account: Legitimate investment managers will not provide you with bank account details.

• Someone requesting personal details or financial information: Never give your personal details such as a bank PIN or password over the phone.

   

Personal computer security tips

• Ensure your computer is installed with anti-malware software and is up-to-date.
• Ensure your email services have anti-phishing & anti-spam protection. Services such as Outlook.com (Hotmail), Gmail and iCloud already have this built-in.
• Ensure your computer and other devices have automatic updates turned on to receive the latest security updates.
• Always verify the link in emails before clicking. Hover your mouse over the link to reveal the true URL address behind it. To be sure, check with official correspondence and type the URL in yourself. Remember, if in doubt throw it out.
• If you are entering personal or financial information, then ensure the site is secure by checking if the address begin with https://... and has the padlock symbol.
• Be warned, checking for https or the padlock symbol may no longer be enough. Cyber criminals have been obtaining standard SSL certificates and posing as a secure site tricking unsuspecting victims into divulging financial and personal information. Ensure that the site operators’ identity is verified by checking the site certificate. Major retailers and financial institutions have EV (Extended Validation) or OV (Organisation Validation) certificates to prove their identity.
• Always check that the firm is authorised by your local regulator.