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been around for 5 or 6 years, and I think their sole income is 300pa subscription to their tipsheet erm analysis and recommended portfolio adjustments.  I've asked for their help in comparing to momentum etfs, can't find a set of decent comparison numbers for now

This video makes me wonder if I'm foolish piling into S&S at this time. Should I move it all back into FSCS protected territory and wait for the flash flood? See www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEVEFiMeX8A

I'm planning to research soon, in the meantime, can anyone explain the love for ITs?

Also what's the best tool for comparing OCF of ETFs?

Finally, there seems to be a lot of ETFs not available in the UK, is there a UK list or way of searching?

think for a long time IT's were considered more complicated then OEIC funds (probably true) but with new regs over the years on charges & better advertising they seem to have become more popular.I have been in IT's since the late 70's or early 80's and would say the following (but none will appeal to passive investors -but i have both)
     As dan1 says div's play a big part and some retired people like the quarterly payments & may even try to stagger a few trusts to get a monthly payout. 
     Many trusts have been around a long time- F&C is a 150 years old and have seen it all.Have seen on other threads people worried about brexit,Trump,Corbyn,Russia etc but not sure if its age thing but i tend not to worry as through my investing life there have been things like the winter of discontent,3 day weeks,the Falklands war,Maggie v the unions,terrorism,dot com crash,bank crash etc.Before that there were wars & depressions so there is always something happening.So you have to hope all types of funds bounce back.
     Also there is the chance to get a trust at a discount a bit like the Abl SM (but need to work out why) or sell at a premium But some like Scottish Mortgage will control that with buybacks to keep it near par.The last few weeks people have been tipping infrastructure as the premium has dropped but you have to know if you want to be in or a discount is not important in that case
     While it will not matter to passive investors most research over the years suggest that IT's over time because of the difference to OEIC i.e could be gearing or not needing to sell etc have done better (even when compered to a fund with the same manager or company) so could be better for a very active investor
      Before trackers IT's were also good for charges over unit trusts.You could invest direct with the company in smaller amounts monthly and the lump sum tended to be smaller with no initial charge(before fund platforms)and were also good for children's savings,even now many run their own schemes i.e Baillie Gifford,Aberdeen etc.Also good for getting the annual or other reports and invite to the shareholder meetings if your into that sort of thing or many fund platforms let you hold trusts free or very cheaply

will become obvious when researching but not all IT's pay a good div some are growth focused

Are there only certain ETFs that can be: 

a) Purchased in the UK - the US sites mention very low cost ETFs that dont seem to be available in the UK
b) Purchased in GBP - to keep currency conversion costs to a minimum

I am getting the impression it is those traded on the LSE, but if so, how do you know which ones they are?

a) you should be able to purchase from most developed markets if your broker allows (if not take a look at www.interactivebrokers.co.uk, no doubt others are available) but you'll have to deal with things like witholding taxes and tax declarations etc.  Probably not worth it unless you're investing big money?
b) currency costs may be offset by the lower OCF/TER if you hold for a long time.  You'll pay to convert dividends back to sterling regardless of what the fund is denominated in.