Strategy
Investec Rolls Out Online Investment Service
The service will give more individuals access to wealth management services.
Investec
Wealth & Investment has launched a new actively-managed
online investment service for individuals with £10,000 ($12,768)
or more to invest.
Click & Invest combines the experience of a team of investment
managers with the convenience of an online service, the firm said
in a statement.
The service will help the firm reach out to individuals who are
not usually able to access traditional wealth management
services.
The team will create and actively manage investment portfolios on
behalf of clients, based on over 300 actively managed funds
chosen using strict criteria. The funds will be assessed and
reviewed on a monthly basis.
Investec’s new system will have one annual management fee which
is tiered according to the level of investment. Individuals will
not be charged for setting up and creating a portfolio,
commission, transferring in, withdrawing money or closing an
account. There are, as with other services, underlying costs,
which are applied by the individual funds.
“Investec Click & Invest is uniquely placed as an, online
investment service, which is based on the same principles and
expertise offered by Investec Wealth & Investment,” said Jane
Warren, chief executive. “The service is simple, intuitive and
transparent, offering clients the convenience and ease of an
online service, with the knowledge that their money is being
actively managed by our team of experts, not algorithms."