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The environmental movement is catching the eye of more and more people, including investors. Inyova (represented under the name Yova until June 2021) impact investing has set itself the task of making it easy for Swiss people to invest sustainably.
How the costs and returns behave, which criticism and which praise is to be pronounced, you will find out in our Inyova experience report!
The Swiss platform Inyova is a regulated investment provider for sustainable investments. Inyova offers impact investing for investors from Switzerland and now also from Germany.
Focus on sustainabilitybut the return on investment should not be lost sight of. To keep the risk within limits, the investments are broadly diversified. The individual shares are closely examined for their sustainability. Fees are shown transparently and the strategy is very customizable.
Our Inyova experience report goes into detail, but in advance we can already pass on a positive impression! The Inyova roadmap is exciting, since Constant further developments are made. Recently, for example, the Inyova 3a solution and the work on the Inyova App were presented.
You take a algorithm, which you can use with the ETH Zurich develops, gives him the Objective Sustainable investments to make and ready is Inyova. No, of course it's not that simple. But at the heart of Inyova is an algorithm that can make sustainable investments for you according to your criteria.
You can determine the focus of the investments. For example, you can also use Inyova Yellow invests specifically in companies that gender equality promote.
Your investment will be broadly spread over many companies in order to Risk to minimise the risk. Government bonds are also included, for example to smooth out fluctuations.
In general, Inyova Impact Investing could therefore be described as a sustainable Swiss Roboadvisor classify. Your investments will be paperless which of course also corresponds to the aspect of sustainability.
By the way, Inyova stands for: Invest in your values.
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SustainableThe investment opportunities available for selection are screened in advance for "handprint" and "footprint". You decide where to invest and can also set exclusion criteria.
Direct investments: Your investments are written in your name and belong to you. At Inyova, you get your own account, so to speak, to which your investments are written.
Swiss platform: Supervised by the Swiss FINMA, Inyova Impact Investing meets all regulatory standards
Flexible: Your money is very liquid, so it is easily accessible. If you suddenly need the invested capital, you can access it within a week.
Low minimum deposit: From a minimum deposit of CHF 2'000 you can invest and gain your first Inyova experience.
Automated risk management: To ensure that your money is safely invested, Inyova Impact Investing always invests it in a broadly diversified manner.
Transparency: The fees of Inyova are clearly arranged.
Digitalisation brings Transparency into formerly opaque areas such as the financial market.
In the course of our Inyova experience report, we have therefore naturally also Fees and have praise, but also criticism to note.
First the good news: Inyova Fees and costs are Completely transparent and easy to understand. You can use the fee calculator to enter how much money you want to invest sustainably and the monthly Inyova fees are displayed directly.
Let's say you want to get some experience with Inyova first and start with a small amount. You must invest at least CHF 2,000There is no upper limit.
For investments up to CHF 50,000, fees of 1.2% per year will be charged. For a sustainable investment of CHF 5,000, this corresponds to an Inyova fee of CHF 5 per month. In order to increase transparency, here is a comparison with a sustainable ETF and an Inyova ETF. Selma Finance.
In fairness, however, it must be said that Selma also automatically invests for you, and a Swiss service provider as Inyova is. However, Selma does not prioritise sustainability. Although it has recently become possible to switch all investments at Selma to sustainable investing at the touch of a button, the Quality of the assessment of the sustainability criteria not comparable.
Since the end of 2021, Inyova customers have also been able to save or invest in 3a.
This makes Inyova currently the only provider truly focused on the topic of Sustainable 3a pension provision. Sustainability in pillar 3a is also possible with other providers, but not as meticulously implemented as with Inyova.
The Inyova 3a fees are 0.8% per year plus product costs of up to 0.24% p.a.
Revenue and costs go hand in hand, this is clear. The Inyova cost example above has shown that Inyova's fees are not entirely small. The Inyova yield However, it's not so easy to put a title on it. Depending on the investments you choose, your return or performance will be very individual.
In general, there are voices that say that sustainable investments often yield poorer returns. This need not be the case, because often the opposite is the case. Due to the partly increased bureaucratic effort and other necessary detours for the "Sustainability seal of approvalcosts are incurred by the companies. Nevertheless, it should be said that there has recently been a small "run" on sustainable investments, and that these sometimes even have a Overperformance compared to traditional investments.
Return on sustainable ETFs: impact investing can bring good returns, but returns are not the only focus. If you want to have a positive impact with your investments, this should not be a problem. The sustainable ETF listed above, for example (ISIN DE000A0F5UG3), has returned an impressive 63% Yield earned. You can do this here in the chart for yourself. This outstanding performance is certainly not always feasible, but it shows that sustainable investments can also be profitable, including the coronavirus crash.
Sustainable investing certainly meets the ravages of time. Forest fires, Greta Thunberg and heated discussions about electric mobility are just a few examples. Inyova Impact Investing has thus positioned itself skilfully in terms of timing and takes the effort out of the Swiss people's sustainable investing as of.
Negatives about the Inyova reviews? The fees are not entirely low and should hopefully decrease in the long term. This happens with many providers as the number of customers or assets increases. However, you should consider that the necessary research work etc. by Inyova to ensure sustainability is very costly and therefore has its price.
The Digital solution works perfectly and we could not see any technical problems or hurdles in the user guidance in our tests. Customer service is very friendly and easy to reach and therefore gives Inyova a very good rating. In short, we are enthusiastic and can recommend Inyova to interested impact investors.
Tip: I like to use the Inyova couponto save on fees!
Let us know in the comments what you think of Inyova and sustainable investing in general!
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23 Responses
Hey everyone, thanks Eric for the report. I find the possibility to invest sustainably top!
Therefore, whoever wants can use my referral code to benefit.
Best regards Jürg
I signed up through your link and start with 100 euros. I do not want to invest too much in the beginning, because I'm a bit skeptical, but the voucher I take with pleasure.
Great! Start small, test and adjust - always a good approach with new providers 🙂
Depuis novembre 2021 j'ai déjà perdu 1600 CHF sur 20'000 CHF avec que des pertes de jour en jour. Je regrette donc amèrement d'avoir placé cet argent sur InYova dont les performances sont misérables.
Reste plus qu'à tout retirer avant qu'il ne reste plus rien de mes 20'000 CHF
Hi Anjoco, if you invest in stocks and other volatile assets, you have to expect fluctuations. Therefore, we always recommend that you only invest money that you will not need for the next 7-10 years. This way you don't have to sell at a loss in times like now, but can make profits in the long run.
The sum you have indicated corresponds to about 8% minus. Since the Ukraine crisis is currently causing the stock markets to fluctuate, the 8% is not surprising. I do not give an investment recommendation. Hopefully, calmness and a long-term strategy will help you to make the right decisions.
What I do in times like now? Either keep my feet still and wait and see. Or buy more. But I don't sell, because I have a positive long-term expectation.
No investment advice.
Depuis mon message de février les pertes ont continué d'augmenter et j'ai été contraint de retirer 16'000 CHF pour éviter des pertes encore plus lourdes, car plus le montant d'investissement est grand, plus one peut gagner en théorie, mais plus one perd en pratique dans le contexte actuel.
Personnellement je ne crois pas à un investissement rentable sur le long terme de 5 à 10 ans car l'effet yoyo persiste sur la durée et le gain n'est donc pas progressif.
Hello Together
Super contribution, I am convinced of impact investing
Thanks for your exciting article. I think the fees are quite okay considering that your money is invested sustainably for it. Hey and also, you can save the fees for 6 months if someone starts investing with your code at Yova. Also the new investor pays no fees for 6 months. Timo
With my code you get 6 months without fees. In addition, Inyova will plant two trees for us. 🌱
Find this a great way to invest even as a beginner. I am very new here and also find it great that the fees of 6 months are given to you when someone starts investing with your code at Inyova.
Also the new investor pays no fees for 6 months. It is worth it for both of us 😉
I have been with Yova for 5 months and am super satisfied. I find the fees ok, my main argument is the sustainability and that I can choose the areas in which I want to invest. But I also haven't done a comparison with other providers. After all, you can save the fees for 6 months if you have someone start investing with your code at Yova. Also the new investor pays no fees for 6 months. So anyone who wants to try Yova fee free for 6 months, feel free to do so with my code: 02e82. Thanks to Eric for letting me publish the code here. Anne
Sustainable investing is important and may cost something. But what I can't understand is why Yova and Selma are working with a partner that can hardly live up to the claim of "impact investing". Client funds are placed with Saxo Bank, which is 51% owned by Chinese carmaker Geely (MSCI ESG rating = BBB, i.e. insufficient). It's a shame, really, because sustainability needs to be exemplified. Then rather Descartes Finance or TrueWealth.
Hello, Elena,
I absolutely agree with you - sustainability can cost something. In the long run, I am convinced that it will pay off.
By the way, Geely as an automaker has a better ESG risk score than Tesla. This is despite the fact that Tesla has greatly reduced its use of cobalt, for example, and keeps a close eye on this aspect with its impact reporting.
I think what's important is that the providers somewhere begin and implement. But I understand your point if you also care about partners of a company in the screening.
I can confirm all what is above. Yova is super simple and really let you choose a nice panel of preferences and finally each companies. You don't need any foreknowledge, and you don't have anything to keep track of. Transferring more money is also very simple. Everything is very transparent, easy to follow on your mobile phone. Yes it may appear expensive but so far the performance justifies it. At the end, my interest is not to make money but rather to have my money working for a better world.
I can just advise the platform. It's working perfectly and the stock picks are in line with the sustainability expectation I had.
Been with Yova for about a month. So far I'm very satisfied. I have also chatted with a colleague once, was super friendly.
The comparison with Selma is a bit misleading, Yova invests directly and not via ETFs. In addition, each company is analysed much more closely and only those shares are bought that match the personal criteria.
Hi, Fabio,
right, a direct comparison is difficult. As Roman has already mentioned below, investing with Yova may involve the risk of strong fluctuations - precisely because the investments are adapted to personal criteria, as you say.
Diversification is a topic in itself. But sustainable investing is a good thing and if you are happy with Yova, I am all the more pleased! 🙂 Best regards!
Hello Nico W. Hello Eric
I am from FREYA Savings, another Pillar 3a provider that offers exclusively responsible investments. I would therefore like to respond briefly to your questions / information:
1) Nico: Why is YOVA relatively expensive (1.2% TER)? My answer: Due to the direct investment in individual stocks, YOVA incurs relatively high transaction costs - with a monthly re-balancing, this becomes very expensive. On the other hand, YOVA offers a higher degree of individualisation. Another negative: YOVA portfolios are very concentrated (less than 100 stocks) and have a strong "small cap tilt" (i.e. the individual stocks tend to be small-cap growth stocks). My assessment is that this leads to much larger value swings in YOVA portfolios than in portfolios referencing market cap weighted benchmarks such as MSCI World All Country. - Therefore, I believe that the risk-return profile of YOVA is fundamentally rather special and could be recommended to investors who want to make a clear impact-first (before performance and risk) decision with a portion of their free assets. For a portfolio where it represents a significant portion of total personal wealth in terms of importance, this strategy choice might be too untested for a layman.
2) Comparison of the sustainability strategy of YOVA and SELMA (Eric). At YOVA, investments are very much selected based on a desired impact. Yova calls it the "handprint" of the company. SELMA, on the other hand, takes a classic "exclusion" approach, where sectors like coal are excluded, which are shunned according to the UN Global Compound and also by many other ESG investors. This is a very proven and less selective approach than YOVA. However, the SELMA portfolio also achieves a high level of effectiveness through a weighting of large-cap stocks and a stronger weighting of sectors and companies that are less harmful in terms of CO2 emissions. After all, climate change is one of the biggest problems - and taking this into account when investing seems sensible and logical.
The two approaches are therefore quite different in terms of sustainability, risk, benchmarking, yield/performance and costs.
hope this helps!
novel
helps a lot! Thank you Roman! 🙂
After all, you can also make sustainable investments with Truewealth. This provider, which is also cheaper than Selma, is not mentioned in the report. Can you give a brief assessment of Truewealth compared to Jova regarding?
Hello Julia, you'll find the Review of Yova Impact Investing.
Selma, Yova and a sustainable investment strategy on their own initiative are also compared there.
Does that help you? Love!
Thanks, exciting review. Find sustainable investing exciting, but it is very expensive at Yova. My question:
Selma also offers a sustainable option and is much cheaper. What is the difference between Selma's sustainable option and Yova? Is Yova the same only in price?
Hello Nico, thank you very much for your positive feedback!
Sustainability is not a term set in stone. What is considered sustainable is constantly changing and is therefore not easy to implement in a portfolio. Yova is strongly committed to this and, according to its own statements, puts a lot of effort into the review. How it really looks like is difficult to assess. At Selma you can also switch your portfolio to sustainable, then investments are consciously increased, for example where the CO2 balance is right. Or stocks of tobacco manufacturers or companies with scandals are avoided, here you will find details to that.
Since Selma takes your general financial situation into account and then applies the sustainability theme exactly to your portfolio, we like it very much! It's not just "just" investing sustainably, but choosing investments that are sustainable AND suit you.
Does that help you?