Artificial Intelligence and Robo Financial Advising
1. The European Robo-Advisor
Artificial Intelligence and Robo Financial Advising
Imperial Business in the City
July 2018
This presentation is provided for information purposes only and is not intended as a recommendation or an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instruments.
Robo-advisory is a category established by U.S. companies like Betterment and Wealthfront, it does not imply we provide advice. Ask a Financial Advisor if in doubt. Amazon,
Amundi, Apple, Barclays, Blackrock, Boost, Deutsche Bank, ETF Securities, First Trust, Google, HSBC, Invesco, Lyxor, SaxoBank, State Steet, Source, UBS, Ubuntu, Vanguard,
Windows and Wisdom Tree are trademarks of their respective owners. ETFmatic Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (No. 657261) and is a limited
liability company registered in England and Wales, no. 08856747, with a registered office at 4th Floor 7-10 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square, W1G 9DQ, London, United Kingdom.
ETFmatic Ltd is registered for VAT with the HMRC with registration number 190 8981 63. The custodian of our clients money is Barclays Bank, while the ETFs are held by Saxo Bank
in an account in the name of ETFmatic Global Nominees Ltd. Our services are available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Free simulation accounts are available worldwide.
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A Portfolio Manager in an App
ETFs are the most efficient investment building blocks available
http://etfmatic.com/whitepaper
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Robo-advisory is just getting started
Forecast: total addressable market
http://www.businessinsider.com/4-reasons-robo-investing-growing-2017-1
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ETFmatic is the most downloaded
robo-advisor in Europe, authorised
by the FCA in the UK and
passported to operate in 32
European countries
Technology
Our platform is flexible enough to
offer our products both directly to
end consumers (D2C) and through
business partners (B2B) – i.e.
eWallets, banks, ETF issuers,
financial advisors, etc.
Market
The rest of European robo-advisors
have mainly focused on the D2C
market in one or two countries each
This leaves ETFmatic in an ideal
position to grow with limited
competition in:
The B2B market throughout
Europe
Direct-to Consumer in over 25
countries
Company
ETFmatic at a glance
Proven robo-advisor with a unique angle in B2B and licenced in 32 countries
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Standing on the shoulders of giants
3 mega-trends in the investments space
Active Passive
Investment style
Commission-based Fee-based
Regulatory pressure on remuneration
Physical Online
Interaction with clients
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FCA-authorised in November
2015
Operating with real-money
accounts since April 2016
Available in 32 European
countries
+200 000 downloads of Android,
iPhone and Windows Apps
Next Steps
Continue growing our D2C
proposition, that is currently
doubling AUM every quarter
Develop 3 more B2B deals in
Europe throughout 2018
With our dual go-to-market
strategy we aim to achieve break-
even during 2019
Planned Share Issue
Q4 2018
Pre-approved for EIS
ETFmatic’s funding from 2014 to
today (£2m in total) has come
from individual investors
Key Milestones Achieved
Investing properly should be easier
Our journey to make ETFs simple
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ASSETS UNDER
MANAGEMENT
CLIENT ACQUISITION
COST (FUNDED ACCOUNT)
APP
DOWNLOADS
x2 quarterly
D2C Traction and CAC:
Strong growth at a fraction of industry costs
<£100
+200 000 Low CAC driven by freemium model
+15% of simulation users create a real-
money account
Validated approach to reduce friction points
CAC < 1-year fees for a £20,000 account
CAC down 50% in the last quarter
Insights:
+70% of users send monthly contributions
+75% of traffic is from mobile devices
+80% of customers have a LinkedIn profile
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Fees matter because they reduce your returns
It's also very unpleasant when you are charged more than you expected
0.29-0.48% + ETF costs
ETFmatic manages all your investment goals for 0.48% of your Assets under Management (our fees) plus the ETF issuer costs
(fees of the funds you invest in). For accounts larger than 25,000 £/€/$, we charge 0.29% of AUM.
The total ETF issuer fees of your portfolio (also know as TER - Total Expense Ratio) will depend on the asset allocation
(weights) you have selected. The average TER of ETFs in our portfolios is 0.13%.
We invest in ETFs that are managed by the world’s top issuers.
No deposit fees
× No withdrawal fees
× No trading fees
× No exit fees
×
https://etfmatic.com/pricing
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Our Platform enables us to offer competitive pricing in 32 countries
Transparency motivates us to improve ETFmatic every week
Company Amount
Fees Options
Total % p.a. Management Avg. issuer fees Currencies Countries
<25,000 0.61 0.48 0.13
EUR | GBP |
USD
32
European
Countries
>25,000 0.42 0.29
Child account 0.13 0
<100,000 0.94 0.75 0.19
GBP United Kingdom
>100,000 0.54 0.35
- 1.0 0.75 0.25
EUR | GBP Germany
United Kingdom
<10,000 0.25 0 0.25 EUR | GBP Italy
United Kingdom
10,000-100,000 0.85 0.6
100,000-1,000,000 0.65 0.4
>1,000,000 4,140 / year
https://etfmatic.com/pricing
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B2B Offering
Where and how we could add value to others’ propositions
Custom goals for treasury needs.
Portfolio execution for IFAs and
other Professional Customers.
Investment Management for
Family Offices.
Pricing based on AUM.
Whitelabel as a
Service
Define your own terms of service
and pricing structure.
Configure your risk map and
asset allocation rules.
ETFmatic provides you with
automated portfolio rebalancing,
trade execution and reporting.
Software as a Service (SAAS).
API + Appointed
Representative
Build on top of our Platform.
Benefit from our economies of
scale.
Accounts in 3 currencies (GBP,
EUR, USD).
MIFID Passport; we are
authorised to offer investment
services in 32 countries.
Corporate / Execution
Accounts
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Luis Rivera
Business
Development
Johan Hellman
Operations and
Regulatory
Tom Carnell
Technology
ETFmatic is led by a team of experienced
entrepreneurs that believe we all deserve a
transparent and cost effective way to put our
savings to work
Our Non-Executive Directors combine
extensive experience in Financial Services
(UBS, JPMorgan) and Technology (Google)
Our Academic Advisory Board includes
INSEAD Chaired Professor of Finance,
Cambridge Judge Business School’s
Professor of Behavioural Finance and a
former Hedge Fund manager and London
Business School lecturer.
Founders and Advisors
https;//etfmatic.com/team
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Thanks for your time!
Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions
luis@etfmatic.com
+44.203.608.3985
@luisriverag
Editor's Notes
Hi, my name is Luis and Im one of the founders of ETFmatic, the European roboadvisor
Thanks for inviting me to share how 3 geeks have managed to compete with Banks in 32 countries
I hope my presentation helps illustrate how roboadvisors are disrupting Financial Services, and inspires you in the next steps in your careers
12 years ago I was a Management Consultant for Monitor Group
Consultants are often encouraged to study an MBA before they are promoted to senior Management
I wasn’t keen to go back to school, but taking a “gap year” to double your salary is a very strong pitch
During my MBA I grew the courage to quit a very lucrative career in consulting
When I was 14 I had made a lot of money selling collectable card games over the internet, but my dad convinced me to “get a real job”
My professors and peers changed my mind-set, and I went from managing a video company that worked for Red Bull to leading more complex startups
Eventually I was challenged by MBA colleague to launch a bank automating ETF management strategies we had learnt at business school
ETFmatic is an online Discretionary Investment Manager
We use ETFs as building blocks to deliver custom portfolios,
which means we tailor investments to what makes sense for our customers,
in contrast to what banks have traditionally done by offering investment funds that paid them back huge commissions,
Funds, which BTW, are very expensive and have a tendency to underperform, but banks made so much money selling them that they didn't have the incentive to consider what’s best for their customers
What is an ETF?
An Exchange Traded Fund is essentially a very low cost way to replicate financial markets, such as the FTSE that covers most of the largest companies in the UK.
ETFs are one of the most significant innovations in finance of the last decades,
and currently manage over 5 trillion dollars
How do we use them as building blocks?
We automatically figure out how to deploy your contributions, which many customers automate as a direct debit every month, to bring you as close as possible to your investment plan, so your portfolio can remain diversified without a lower need to rebalance
You can read more about our approach in our whitepaper available online
Why did we start our journey into banking as a roboadvisor?
There are two sides to the story
On one hand, my cofounder and I where frustrated that 6 years after learning about ETFs in our MBA we still had to use a spreadsheet to balance our diversification and pay huge brokerage commissions to invest in ETFs.
On the other hand, it made a lot of business sense, the combination of a tech and regulatory stack that enabled both D2C and B2B across 32 European countries was hugely disruptive in 2014. And the chart behind me is in trillions
What makes ETFmatic different?
First of all, our European focus
ETFmatic enables customers in 32 countries to invest in ETFs with our App
We are the only roboadvisor available in most of them
Second, our cost efficiency.
We have developed a full regulatory and technology stack that has allowed us to remove layers of intermediaries in order to deliver a complete service at a fraction of the cost of what others do
Finally, we have been the first to distribute our platform both B2B+D2C
Our API enables us to manage bespoke investment portfolios for each of our clients without additional overhead, and our capability to aggregate trades enables us to offer better terms to B2B partners
It is my understanding that our approach has benefited from 3 facts
Banks suck
Banking is a necessity but old school banks are not. We learnt this the hard way in 2007
2. Tech can lower costs AND improve customer experience
In our case it comes down to
Operational expense efficiency through order netting & custody integration
Spreading operational costs against revenues from 32 countries
Lowering acquisition cost by offering a complete simulation, which enables customers to try before they buy
3. But more significantly, it helps to ride a wave that drives disruption. In our case we benefit from 3 megatrends:
First of all, a switch to passive: Investors are moving away from expensive, underperforming active funds to low cost index funds like ETFs
Secondly, RDR and MIFID2, which have increased transparency in Financial Services, and banned banks and financial advisors from receiving commissions from funds.
And more significantly, software is eating the world. Customers now seek online, or more specifically App driven, services
A great product makes a difference
The Financial Services industry has changed significantly over the last 5 years
Prices are going down because customers are starting to understand the impact of fees in their net returns
Fintech startups are combining forces to re-bundle Banking services through B2B partnerships
Incumbents are waking up and starting to both compete and collaborate with us
What are we planning to do next?
Serve more customers D2C, keep increasing our cost efficiency
Distribute our Platform via more B2B deals, where a single customer can bring hundreds of millions in AUM
Raise another round to increase our runway
Let me share a few more details about relevant metrics
Even with a fraction of our competitors funding, we are still the most downloaded Roboadvisor app in Europe
Our Assets Under Management doubles every 3 months
Our client acquisition cost is very low, less than a tenth of what it costs many competitors to grow
So whats our business model? We charge customers a simple fee based on the size of their accounts.
Many Europeans still pay up to 3% of their investment every year, but we offer a full service for 0.04% per month
Our pricing makes a big difference for our customers because their savings compound.
Let me show you how it compares in the next slide
In the chart behind me, you can see the pricing of UK’s leading roboadvisors
ETFmatic might be the only Roboadvisor available in most countries where we compete, but all Europeans benefit from the same pricing as customers in the UK
It’s also worth mentioning that we don’t charge fees to accounts you open for your kids, so the savings for your children grow even more as they compound before they turn 18
Our B2B offering is structured in 3 main formats that help different companies to leverage our Platform
API+license, so other startups can build on top of our technological and regulatory stack
Whitelabel SAAS, that facilitates integration with banks and financial advisors
Corporate & execution, for Fund managers and other businesses to benefit from our economies of scale
Our international team is based in our London headquarters and Madrid subsidiary
Our Non-Executive Directors combine extensive experience in Financial Services (UBS, JPMorgan) and Technology (Google)
Together we have faced many Challenges:
Building the team
Finding Shareholders that believed a bank could be launched for under 1M
Developing an awesome Technology with a small team
Surviving Regulation without having worked in Financial Services
Earning and maintaining the trust of thousands of customers
Our Customer journey involves 12 steps from simulation to super VIP accounts, those that have invested more than 250k with us
What are the main points of friction?
Trust; it’s hard to build a brand without a big budget
We chose a freemium model to earn customer trust progressively
We leverage word of mouth, many of our customers come from referrals
And we distribute the best ETFs, which do have significant marketing budgets
Secondly, Education. Finance is a complex subject.
We publish many educational pieces, including an investors academy
We publish 3 minute interviews with experts, including some from Imperial
And we systematically A/B test how we present information to customers
Thirdly, User Experience. Software needs to be fine tuned to challenge the human touch advisors deliver
We continuously upgrade our app based on analytics and customer feedback
We publish detailed reports about the returns our portfolios achieve
We have a great customer support team and respond questions very quickly
So if you are ready to move from theory to practice, download our app and invest a few minutes trying a free simulation account
Thanks for your time.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions via email, phone or Twitter
I believe we might also have the chance for a few questions now and a chat while we enjoy drinks in the terrace