Trading and investing platform eToro and investment management firm ARK Invest have partnered to launch a technology and innovation focused portfolio on the eToro platform.
The Smart Portfolio, named ARK-FutureFirst, focuses on investing in innovative companies across technology, healthcare and sustainability, aiming to achieve high growth while addressing critical global challenges.
The ARK-FutureFirst portfolio is fully invested and allocated equally across seven of ARK Invest’s UCITS exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which back innovative companies that are demonstrating potential for significant growth in three areas:
1. Disruptive innovation: including AI, robotics and public blockchains, which are offering transformative potential and exponential growth opportunities;
2. Healthcare innovation: including multiomic sequencing and gene editing, which are transforming healthcare by enabling personalised medicine, early disease detection, and more effective treatments;
3. Sustainability innovation: including renewable energy, energy efficiency, the transition to a sustainable food system, and the circular economy, which are driving significant environmental impact and promoting a more sustainable future.
Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of Ark Invest said: “We are thrilled to partner with eToro to launch a new model portfolio centered around three key areas that we believe are poised for transformative growth: Technological Innovation, the Sustainable Revolution, and Healthcare Disruption.
“As more investors around the world are gaining access to ETFs via the growth of digital platforms, we are excited that this partnership will enable us to introduce some of our best ideas and original strategies at ARK Invest Europe to eToro’s 38 million retail investors.”
James Thomas, head of European sales at ARK Invest added:“Over the last few months, we’ve been actively working with partners to develop a number of model portfolio solutions tailored to European investors and their desire for access to both innovation and sustainability/impact themes respectively, which reflect each of our two business pillars at ARK Invest Europe under the ‘ARK Invest’ and ‘Rize ETF’ branded sub-suites respectively. We look forward to developing further partnerships with industry leaders, like eToro, who are dedicated to bringing future-focused investment solutions to their customers.”
Gil Shapira, chief investment officer at eToro said: “We’re excited to partner with ARK Invest to bring this new portfolio to retail investors around the world. The ARK team has built a prestigious reputation for its original research and portfolio management expertise. With the ARK-FutureFirst portfolio, eToro users can seek growth through truly long-term, cross-sector trends that are predicted to not just shift markets but the world for decades to come.”
