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Davy Select vs growney

Compare Davy Select and growney side by side: fees, regulation, platforms.

Davy Select

Davy Select

Irish self-directed investors

Davy Select is an Irish execution-only platform offering stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds and pension accounts, reg…

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growney

growney

Low-cost ETF portfolio investing in Germany

growney is a German BaFin-licensed robo-advisor offering ETF-based managed portfolios across 23 strategies, i…

Head-to-head comparison

Davy Select vs growney
Feature Davy Select growney
Minimum deposit - -
Stock trading fee Irish and UK stocks: 0.5% (min EUR 14.99); International stocks: 0.06% + EUR 25 settlement per trade -
Regulators CBI BaFin
Best for Irish self-directed investors Low-cost ETF portfolio investing in Germany
Markets & account
Stocks
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ETFs
Bonds
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Funds
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Money Market Funds
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Business Account
Investment Plans
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Ready Made Portfolios
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Pros & cons

Davy Select

Davy Select

Pros

  • Regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland with long track record
  • Client funds held in segregated accounts
  • Access to over 7,500 stocks across 30 international markets
  • Over 650 ETFs and 1,200 funds available
  • Pension accounts (PRSA, ARF, PRB) offered on the same platform
  • No account opening fee and no deposit fee
  • Research tools powered by Morningstar and Thomson Reuters

Cons

  • High inactivity fee of EUR 50 per quarter
  • Irish and UK trade commissions of 0.5% are above the low-cost market average
  • EUR 40 custody charge per trade for instruments outside Ireland and UK
  • No demo account available
  • Mobile app is view-only - trades cannot be executed on mobile
  • Account opening process is not fully digital and can take several weeks
  • No CFDs, leverage, crypto or forex trading
growney

growney

Pros

  • Low annual management fee: 0.68% under EUR 50,000, drops to 0.38% above
  • No deposit, withdrawal, transaction, or inactivity fees
  • 23 investment strategies including conventional, sustainable (growgreen), and specialty
  • BaFin-licensed asset manager; client ETFs held as protected special assets
  • Savings plans from EUR 25 per month with no minimum term
  • Withdrawal plans available from EUR 2,000 balance
  • Business and joint investment accounts available
  • Tax optimisation and annual rebalancing included in management fee

Cons

  • No native mobile app - platform is web-based only
  • Portfolio rebalancing occurs only annually (December) unless drift exceeds 10%
  • ETF-only approach: no individual stocks, bonds, or active fund selection
  • No children's accounts (planned with future Upvest custody migration)
  • Minimum EUR 500 for lump-sum deposits (EUR 25 for savings plans)
  • Sustainable strategies have historically underperformed conventional equivalents
  • Higher total cost (approx. 0.90% all-in) for balances below EUR 50,000
Davy Select

Davy Select

Davy Select is an Irish execution-only platform offering stocks, ETFs, funds, bonds and pension accounts, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.

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Your capital is at risk. Other fees apply.

growney

growney

growney is a German BaFin-licensed robo-advisor offering ETF-based managed portfolios across 23 strategies, including sustainable options, with a tiered fee structure and no transaction costs.

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Your capital is at risk. Other fees apply.

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