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SquirrelSave announces the launch of a new feature to better serve the needs of the investor community. Coined “Gift-a-PortfolioTM”, this innovation will allow SquirrelSave account holders to invest any amount into a new investment portfolio, and gift it to someone they choose.
This allows SquirrelSave investors to create investment portfolios for their loved ones, family members and friends to start their journey of Smart Investing. It will encourage those who may not be so savvy with investing to learn with a gifted portfolio. By giving them a pre-funded portfolio, 100% managed by SquirrelSave’s proprietary Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Gift-a-PortfolioTM feature allows a more experienced investor to mentor their friends or family members and start a conversation about prudent financial planning.
SquirrelSave is the only fully automated AI-driven robo-investing platform in Singapore, with no human intervention needed to manage the investments. The fully digital customer interface is user-friendly and features a gamification algorithm to assess the risk-reward psychometrics to automatically recommend an investment portfolio risk setting. Each SquirrelSave account holder has full flexibility to set up as many investment portfolios as desired – called “goals”. Once the goal is funded, the SquirrelSave AI algorithm takes over and invests the money 24/7 in a globally diversified portfolio of exchange traded funds (ETFs).
Because SquirrelSave is fully automated, the cost of management is substantially lower than other traditional investment vehicles. An added benefit of SquirrelSave is that the algorithm is able to invest from as little as $1 across different ETFs, thereby optimising the investment return for the risk taken. This is not easily done or tenable in traditional investment platforms. Unlike traditional investment platforms where a minimum sum of S$1,000 or more is required with monthly account servicing fees, SquirrelSave offers a flat 0.50% management fee and only earns a performance fee if SquirrelSave generates a positive return. And the performance fee is only payable if the return is higher than the previous time that the performance fee was charged – called a “high watermark” feature.
“SquirrelSave was founded to make investing a breeze for those who are too busy, too confused or too scared to start an investment portfolio. SuqirrelSave is also suitable for those holding on to traditional investments such as unit trusts. We developed a robust AI system that has proven itself through the Covid-19 pandemic crash in 2020. SquirrelSave has shown that data and AI analytics can make a difference in navigating choppy markets with discipline and without emotions. To create the algorithm, we have trawled through years of investment data to create an intelligent, automated investment platform,” says Victor Lye, Founder & CEO of SquirrelSave.
In Sep 2020, SquirrelSave launched the “Invest with Just $1” campaign where new investors could receive $1 from SquirrelSave to experience how asset allocation was possible with clever use of technology and AI. SquirrelSave encourages Smart Investing where an investor is committed to a longer-term diversified approach, instead of trading and timing the markets for short term gains. To encourage an investing attitude, the Gift-a-PortfolioTM feature allows the giver to specify a minimum investment period to allow the portfolio enough time to ride out market volatility.
“With the launch of this Gift-a-PortfolioTM feature, we are nearer to our vision to encourage more people to start learning about investing, and invest smarter – thanks to AI and machine learning. As a holder of a Capital Markets Services license regulated by the MAS, SquirrelSave will continue to innovate risk-managed digital investment solutions to make wealth management accessible to everyone, especially the un(der)served.” added Mr Lye.
The Gift-a-PortfolioTM feature will be available on SquirrelSave from early May 2021.
