28 - Hands off investing with Chris Brycki from Stockspot

Onboard the podcast today is Chris Brycki, founder and CEO of Stockspot investments and three times in a row winner of the ASX share trading game!

Chris has over 25 years of investment experience and spent most of his early career as a Portfolio Manager at UBS. Chris has been a member of the ASIC Digital Advisory Committee and volunteers as a member of the Investment Committee for the NSW Cancer Council. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting/Finance Co-op Scholarship) from UNSW.

Chris Brycki, founder and CEO of the digital investment advisor Stockspot.Chris Brycki, Stockspot

On board today is Chris Brycki, the CEO and founder of Stockspot, a Sydney based online investment company. Chris is an experienced fund manager, holding a Bachelor of commerce and some impressive credentials – Chris was the national winner of the ASX share trading game three years in a row, and went on to work successfully as a portfolio manager at UBS investments.

After years working as a fund manager and openly discussing finance with his close friends and family, Chris saw the need for an investment tool that was fairly priced and focused on the client, and not just on extracting the most fees out of investors! He also decided he wanted out of the corporate rat race, and somehow managed to convince his partner to sell their property to found the dream of their very own investment company. Fast forward 8 years, Chris has been an absolute success story building one of the most popular automatic investment tools in Australia and is now managing over $450 Million of clients funds completely hands-free for them.

I actually really like the passive approach Stockspot use and after meeting Chris and the team I decided to voted with my dollars, and now have 5 figures invested with them.

Today Chris and I are going to unpack this bit more and talk about what Stockspot is, how it works, the role asset allocation plays and the impact of CHESS sponsorship on the structure of your investments. I’ll also try to get as much valuable information out of Chris as I can about his journey to Financial Independence and his experience working as a fund manager.

“We’re trusted by thousands of clients to manage hundreds of millions of dollars. That’s because we always act in our clients’ best interest, and we’re completely independent from the funds we recommend.”

Chris Brycki, Founder and CEO Stockspot