Swiss Asset Manager Arvy

Based in Switzerland, arvy is a modern asset manager that positions itself between traditional high-cost banks and low-cost robo-advisors. It focuses on a “Quality Investing” philosophy, where the founders “co-invest” alongside clients.

Products and fees are not mustachian (actively managed fund at 0.69% to 0.89% p.a.), but it is the calculators that drew me to this site. Simple to use, good GUI on small screens –> a great tool to quickly demonstrate the benefits of budgeting, saving and investing to our non-mustachian friends.

​Services

  • Actively managed fund: Unlike passive robo-advisors, arvy manages a concentrated portfolio of 25-35 “quality” global companies (e.g., Microsoft, Visa, LVMH).

  • Educational Content: Provides “arvy Weekly” insights and a community-driven app to help users understand the “why” behind their investments.

  • Calculators: Simple and Swiss-based tools allow you to calculate monthly savings rate, inflation effect, investment effect, FIRE number.

​Target Group

​Arvy targets long-term investors - ranging from beginners to experienced individuals - who want professional stock selection without the high barriers or costs of private banking. It is designed for those seeking a “skin in the game” approach and a deeper connection to their holdings than a standard ETF provides.

Stretching it a bit to claim 6.3% annual costs for 10,000 in SQ, but that’s quite a few trades plus tax report.

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And the relatively low amount of 10k is in their favor due to Swissquote’s minimum/flat fees. With a 6+ digit investment sum (on average in the long term), their solution is quickly more expensive even if we were to assume 40 trades at Swissquote each year (which isn’t necessary, of course). And even if we restrict the comparison to Swiss brokers, they are obviously missing Saxo as comparison.

The robo advisor comparison is also suspicious. TrueWealth, a well-known Swiss robo advisor, has total fees of less than 0.65% p.a. and they use 0.88% in their comparison. And VIAC and finpension are below 0.5% p.a.

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It’s always good to use examples which people don’t need to really use to inflate costs :wink:

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There’s a Swiss version too.

Well because you were on the British one, mind you.

(That’s about my rant against flags used for languages, see how stupid that looks here, the Swiss one for German is not any better).

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the only arvy page/post i’m visiting from time to time is the charts for every investor one.

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Dang these are really nice, I’ve seen most if not all of them but not in one place. Please don’t delete this post soon…

Kidding, it’s your post and the info is publicly available!

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Close the thread and delete all mentions of this swiss-german-centric company.
Sad.

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Edit: I should really remove the last smiley. Using the swiss flag for a language is rock bottom.

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stolen copypasted from all over the world mostly from USA. Granted, with sources.

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