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What’s New In Investments, Funds? – ARK Invest Europe
Editorial Staff
4 November 2025
ARK Invest Europe Following the fund’s inception on 23 October 2025 and its listing on Deutsche Borse Xetra on 29 October 2025, ARKX will be listed on the London Stock Exchange as of 4 November 2025, with Borsa Italiana as well as SIX Swiss Exchange due in the coming weeks. The ETF carries an OCF of 0.75 per cent and is classified as an Article 8 fund under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). In a market where the incumbent defence-focused ETFs funds remain Article 6 and track third-party indices, ARKX represents the first high-conviction, actively-managed UCITS ETF, the firm added. “Defence is entering a new era. Artificial intelligence, robotics, and energy technologies are converging to transform both space and security,” Cathie Wood, founder, CEO & CIO of ARK Investment Management, said. “The world’s leading militaries are moving from industrial-era hardware to intelligent, software-defined systems that are smaller, cheaper, and far more adaptable. This convergence is rewriting the cost structure of defence and transforming deterrence itself. With the ARK Space & Defence Innovation UCITS ETF, we offer investors actively-managed exposure to the technologies redefining security in the 21st century.”
After Germany and the EU agreed to hike defence spending, amidst growing geopolitical tensions, has launched the Ark Space & Defence Innovation UCITS ETF. It provides investors exposure to companies that transform defence and space through advances in artificial intelligence, robotics, and energy systems. It also enables European investors to gain direct access to a UCITS-compliant strategy representing ARK’s innovation-focused approach to space and defence investment, a strategy the firm has been running since 2021.