Built for FCA-Regulated Advisors Who Must Justify Every Decision

Deterministic Investment Research
Built for Financial Advisors Who Need Evidence, Not Hype

ExplainVest helps regulated advisors research, explain, and document investment decisions with transparent, evidence-backed outputs — ready for clients, committees, and audits.

Deterministic means the same inputs produce the same outputs, so results are repeatable and audit-friendly.

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Information-only service FCA-aware design No trade execution
Evidence citations & full audit trails
100% transparent, deterministic reasoning
Invitation-only access (B2B organizations)

A clear moment of value

Illustrative timings only — effort varies by firm, ticker, and how you document advice.

Example thread — UK-listed equity research

Advisor researching Marks and Spensor (MKE.LSE) ~2 hours — manual notes & spreadsheets ExplainVest ~15 mins — evidence-backed output Used in client report / file

Same inputs produce the same outputs in core Research flows — so you can reconcile numbers and attach exports to your suitability process. Not investment advice; advisor remains decision-maker.

Built for Independent Financial Advisors

ExplainVest is focused on IFAs who need evidence-backed research they can explain to clients and defend in reviews.

Independent Financial Advisors

Create defensible investment rationales clients can understand and regulators can review. Every verdict output includes traceable data and reasoning.

Investment Decisions Are Under More Scrutiny Than Ever

As an advisor, you're expected to justify every client decision, maintain clear audit trails, monitor portfolios continuously, explain decisions clearly to clients, and stay compliant — without slowing down.

💼 The Pain

Advisors spend hours building defensible research + audit trails. Manual compliance prep is time-consuming and error-prone.

🔧 The Solution

ExplainVest generates evidence-backed insights with traceable sources. Every verdict output includes citations and audit trails.

✅ The Outcome

Save time + reduce audit risk + enhance client confidence. Generate client-ready documentation in minutes, not hours.

💼 Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs)

Traceable & Auditable Advisor Decisions

Your Challenge: Need traceable decision rationale for clients, compliance requirements, audit trails

Our Solution: Traceable rationale, evidence citations, and verification status. Built with FCA compliance requirements in mind, with complete audit trails for client presentations and regulatory reviews.

✓ Designed for FCA-regulated workflows ✓ Audit-ready ✓ Client-ready reports
🏢 Boutique Wealth Management Firms

Scaled Research Workflows

Your Challenge: High analyst costs, limited research capacity, client satisfaction, team efficiency

Our Solution: Equip your analysts with deterministic research workflows designed to improve throughput, consistency, and documentation quality across advisory operations.

✓ Higher research throughput ✓ More consistent client documentation
📊 Small Advisory Teams (1–20 advisors)

Faster Research, Better Documentation

Your Challenge: Need confidence in verdict outputs, understanding the reasoning, team collaboration

Our Solution: Full Smart Score component analysis and validation. No black boxes. Team-friendly workflows and shared evidence packs.

✓ Full transparency ✓ Team workflows ✓ Shared evidence

Trusted by Advisors & Wealth Managers

Evidence-backed research and documentation for regulated advice—not endorsements or performance claims.

UK pilot programs

Currently working with a small number of UK-based advisors in pilot programs.

Powerful Features, Transparent Results

Everything you need to make smarter investment decisions

Explainable Verdicts

See exactly how BUY/HOLD/AVOID verdict outputs are produced—from underlying fundamentals and style signals through to the final recommendation—with evidence citations and confidence scores.

Smart Score System

A risk-adjusted 0-10 strength signal built from validated fundamentals and style scores—fully deterministic and Excel-replicable so you can review numbers line by line and explain them with confidence.

FCA-Ready Audit Trails

Every verdict output is logged with full evidence traceability. Exportable audit records for compliance reviews and regulatory submissions.

Client-Ready Reports

Professional, shareable outputs for client meetings and presentations. Export to PDF or JSON with complete evidence citations and audit trails.

Guided Workflows (Enterprise)

Eleven step-by-step workflows for dividend screening, growth discovery, portfolio rebalancing, and more — available on Enterprise today. Not included on Starter or Professional.

Evidence Citations

Every verdict output includes confidence badges and verification status. No black boxes—fully traceable methodology.

Enterprise API Integrations: Connect your internal data, CRM, or document management systems so research and documentation fit naturally into your existing stack.

Explore Integration Options →

What you get

Practical capabilities designed for deterministic research, documentation quality, and governance workflows.

What you get

  • Deterministic investment research with evidence citations
  • Portfolio analysis & monitoring with configurable alerts
  • FCA-ready audit trails with exportable compliance records
  • Client-ready reports (PDF and JSON exports) for presentations
  • Enterprise API integration with full documentation

Why advisors choose us

  • Evidence-grounded scoring — every insight traceable to data
  • FCA-aware design — information-only, audit-ready outputs
  • Built by senior quant & cloud engineers, not marketers
  • No black-box trading. No unexplainable outputs.

Documentation & Governance Outcomes

Illustrative case-style stories—focused on file quality and governance, not performance claims

★ Wealth Manager (B2B)

Less Time in Word & Excel

Wealth management firm reduced manual documentation work by consolidating research rationale, evidence, and audit trails into a single system their compliance team could review.

⚡ Fewer manual write-ups 😊 Clearer documentation 💰 Easier compliance reviews
★ Institutional (governance)

Stronger Oversight & Audit Trail

Investment committee used structured documentation and evidence packs to support governance and review—improving consistency of records, not claiming specific investment outcomes.

✅ Traceable evidence 📄 Repeatable process 🛡️ Review-ready files
★ Independent Financial Advisor

Faster Documentation, Same Judgment

Solo advisor cut time spent preparing suitability notes and client explanations while keeping complete audit trails for client presentations and regulatory compliance.

⏱️ Less admin time 📋 Complete audit trails ✅ FCA-ready exports
Best fit for Advisors and Wealth Managers

B2B Pilot Program

Test our platform with a structured 6-8 week program. Success criteria are agreed in writing (including Research usage we can measure on-platform); weekly check-ins; pilot fee fully credited if you subscribe.

If we don't meet those agreed criteria at the pilot review, there is no obligation to continue.

£1K-2K
Pilot Investment
Credited to subscription
6-8 Weeks
Structured Program
Setup → Active → Review
50–70%
Less Manual Docs
Target reduction in documentation time

Why ExplainVest

Decision-support software for regulated advisors — not an automated advisor

Vs. typical tools & opaque assistants

Feature Traditional Tools Opaque assistants ExplainVest
Explainable Reasoning ⚠️ Static Reports ❌ Black-Box Outputs ✅ Explainable Reasoning
Audit Trail ⚠️ Manual Compliance ❌ No Audit Trail ✅ FCA-Ready Documentation
Trust & Transparency ⚠️ Time-Intensive ❌ Hard to Trust ✅ Advisor-Safe Deterministic Research
Decision Support Manual analysis ❌ Replaces judgment ✅ Supports professional judgment

Complements — doesn't replace

ExplainVest complements existing tools like Bloomberg and Morningstar by focusing specifically on explainability, documentation, and audit trails.

Where we fit

Bloomberg / Morningstar

Data & research depth

ExplainVest

Documentation + explainability layer

See Pricing & Plans →

Evidence-Driven, Not Promise-Driven

Transparent methodology and historical context — results presented as research signals, not guarantees

12
Pipeline Phases
Structured, reviewable methodology
UK + US
Major stock indices
FTSE 100/250, S&P 500, Dow 30 — market data & research coverage
20+
Production features
Pipeline transparency & audit tooling
10-15hrs
Time Saved
Per month per advisor
100%
FCA-aligned design
Built with compliance requirements in mind — audit-ready outputs

📌 Important: Past performance is not indicative of future results. Results are presented as research signals and decision-support information, not investment advice or guarantees.

Coverage and methodology are transparent; any historical figures shown elsewhere in the product are research context, not a forecast of returns.

Simple, Advisor-Friendly Pricing

Built for UK independent advisors and small advisory firms who need investment decision documentation, not a full data terminal.

Starter

£149/month Annual billing
£179/month Monthly billing

For solo IFAs and 1–2 person teams who want deterministic research views and repeatable documentation.

  • ✓ Instant deterministic research views (validated verdicts, portfolios, multi-horizon backtests: 6M, 1Y, 2Y, 5Y, 10Y)
  • ✓ Simple watchlist & portfolio tracking for core holdings
  • ✓ Evidence-backed outputs with FCA-ready audit trails
  • ✓ Compliance exports for audits & file notes
  • ✓ Secure, role-based access for your firm
  • ✓ Email support
  • ✓ Sensible usage quotas for solo advisers
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Enterprise

Custom pricing

For larger firms (6+ advisors) and institutions that need custom quotas, governance and integration support.

  • ✓ Everything in Professional
  • ✓ Higher quotas on deterministic research & reports
  • ✓ Optional pilots for advanced workflows and integrations
  • ✓ Dedicated account manager & enterprise support
  • ✓ Custom SLAs, reporting and alerts
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👉 Early access pricing available for design partners. All plans include FCA-ready audit trails, evidence traceability, and compliance exports. Pricing based on team size, usage and contract length—contact us for a custom quote.

Compliance & Security Foundations

Core controls and documentation safeguards aligned with how advisors run reviewable, evidence-backed workflows.

🛡️ FCA Compliance

FCA-compliant audit trails with complete evidence traceability. Every verdict output logged with full documentation for regulatory reviews.

🔐 End-to-End Encryption

All data encrypted in transit and at rest. Bank-level security protocols with regular security audits and penetration testing.

✅ Privacy & data protection

Personal data is handled in line with UK and EU data protection law; see our Privacy Policy for how we collect, use, and retain information. Your firm remains responsible for its own regulatory obligations (FCA, MiFID II, or other rules) and how you use the platform in client work.

🔍 Documentation-First Compliance Support

Structured audit trails, exports, and evidence for reviews—use alongside your firm’s policies. Not a substitute for your compliance function or regulatory obligations.

👥 Role-Based Access Control

Enterprise-grade access control with role-based permissions. Manage team access, data visibility, and compliance requirements at scale.

About Us

Transparent, deterministic research tools with full audit trails—built for real-world regulatory environments

Evidence-Grounded

Every verdict output is traceable to verifiable data sources. No black boxes, no hallucinations. Complete audit trails for compliance.

FCA-Aware Design

Information-only service with advisor-controlled decisions. Designed with FCA expectations in mind. Complete decision audit trails.

Built by Engineers who understand markets

Senior platform & cloud engineers, not marketers—with deep experience in investment research, market data, and advisory workflows. Production-grade architecture with secure cloud-native backend, encrypted storage, and full observability.

Get in Touch

Have questions? We'd love to hear from you

Office

Based in the United Kingdom

London, UK

How it works

1. Contact & Qualification
Submit a contact form or request a demo. We verify credentials and determine your subscription tier.
2. Demo & Pilot Program
Tailored demo followed by a 6-8 week pilot program (£1K-2K, credited to subscription) to validate value.
3. Organization + User Setup
Our system admin creates your organization, user accounts, and role assignments directly.
4. Access Confirmation
You receive ready-to-use access for your approved team (typically small IFA firms up to 10 users).
5. Start Researching
Your team uses deterministic research tools with evidence citations, FCA-ready audit trails, and client-ready reports.

Invitation-Only Access

Organization-Based
All access is organization-based. Your team shares quotas and features based on your subscription tier.
Admin-Provisioned Team Access
User creation and role assignment are managed by our system admin. This fits our current focus on small IFA teams; workflow automation comes later.
No Public Signup
We only work with qualified advisors and wealth management firms. All access requires invitation.

We're Onboarding a Small Number of Advisors

If you want faster research, better documentation, and stronger compliance confidence, request early access below.

✓ Faster research ✓ Better documentation ✓ Stronger compliance confidence ✓ Evidence-backed verdict outputs