A fund that enables access to emerging and growth companies through listed global equity markets. We define disruptive innovation as the introduction of a technologically enabled new product or service that potentially changes the way the world works.
For investors, we believe a big idea needs to be long-term. But with more innovation evolving than ever before, how are investors supposed to identify the technologies that could deliver future growth?
For investors, we believe a big idea needs to be long-term. But with more innovation evolving than ever before, how are investors supposed to identify the technologies that could deliver future growth?
To enlighten investors on the impact of these breakthroughs and the opportunities they should create, we began publishing Big Ideas in 2017. This annual research report seeks to highlight the latest developments in innovation and offers some of our most provocative research conclusions for the coming year.
Our definition of disruptive innovation is the introduction of a technologically enabled new product or service that potentially changes the way the world works. The Nikko AM ARK Disruptive Innovation Fund enables investors to easily access emerging and growth companies through listed global equity markets.
Our definition of disruptive innovation is the introduction of a technologically enabled new product or service that potentially changes the way the world works.
The Nikko AM ARK Disruptive Innovation Fund enables investors to easily access emerging and growth companies through listed global equity markets. We have identified five major innovation platforms that enable long-term investment opportunities that rely on or benefit from the development of new products or services, technological improvements and advancements in scientific research relating to:
That Enable Long-Term Investment Opportunities In:
- Autonomous Vehicles
- 3D Printing
- Automation & Robotics
- Battery Technology
- Space Exploration
- Mobility-as-a-Service
- Innovative Materials
- Programmable Biology
- Stem Cells / Immunotherapy
- Digital Health
- Biological Hardware
- Diagnostics
- Beyond Health
- Cloud Computing
- Big Data
- Neural Networks
- Mobile / IoT
- Digital Media
- E-Commerce
- Transaction Innovations
- Customer Facing Platforms
- Risk Transformations
- Frictionless Funding Platforms
- Bitcoin / Blockchain
- The New Intermediaries
ARK Invest is a US-based company, made up of a team that’s passionate about disruptive innovation and tomorrow’s future. ARK’s investment is guided by its own highly innovative open research ecosystem. This process utilises top down bottom up research, including inputs from thought leaders, social media interactions and crowd-sourced insights to ideate and then size, time and direct the investment opportunity.
ARK Invest is a US-based company, made up of a team that’s passionate about disruptive innovation and tomorrow’s future. ARK’s investment is guided by its own highly innovative open research ecosystem. This process utilises top down bottom up research, including inputs from thought leaders, social media interactions and crowd-sourced insights to ideate and then size, time and direct the investment opportunity.
ARK Invest CEO and CIO Cathie Wood, is acknowledged as one of the most important and influential people in global business.
With advances in science and technology happening every day at an accelerating pace, we offer investors the opportunity to access emerging and growth companies. These are companies that have the potential to influence tomorrow’s future and the way we live.
ARK Invest’s unique investment model allows top down and bottom up research. It is designed to identify disruptive innovation early, allowing for an organised exchange of insights between ARK’s investment professionals, director of research and analysts, and external sources.
There’s little overlap with traditional indices so this fund can complement traditional strategies. Thematic investing in disruptive innovation can offer a low correlation to a number of core asset classes held in most investors’ portfolios.
ARK Invest is a leading investment manager that dedicates 100% of its time researching and investing in technology and innovation.
The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve long term capital growth. The Fund will invest, under normal market conditions, primarily in global equity securities of companies that are relevant to the investment theme of disruptive innovation - defined as the introduction of a technologically enabled new product or service that potentially changes the way the world works. The Investment Manager believes that companies relevant to this theme are those that rely on or benefit from the development of new products or services, technological improvements and advancements in scientific research relating to:
Genomic Revolution Companies - the study of genes and their functions and related techniques
Industrial Innovation Companies - in energy, automation and manufacturing
Web x.0 Companies the increased use of shared technology, infrastructure and services
FinTech Innovation Companies technologies that make financial services more efficient
| Class B SGD | Return (%) | 3 m | 6 m | 1 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | Since Inception |
| NAV-NAV | 11.45 | 14.87 | 29.07 | -26.65 | - | -0.37 | |
| NAV-NAV (with charges1) | 5.88 | 9.13 | 22.61 | -27.90 | - | -1.48 |
1 Takes into account of maximum initial sales charge and a realisation charge, currently nil, as and where applicable.
| Holdings | Weight |
| Coinbase Global Inc | 8.5 % |
| Tesla Motors, Inc. | 8.3 % |
| Block, Inc | 6.7 % |
| Roku Inc | 6.2 % |
| Zoom Video Communications Inc | 4.8 % |
| Holdings | Weight |
| Crispr Therapeutics Ag | 4.3 % |
| Robinhood Markets Inc | 4.0 % |
| Palantir Technologies Inc | 3.8 % |
| Draftkings Inc | 3.7 % |
| Roblox Corp | 3.7 % |
| Country Allocation | Country Allocation |
|---|---|
| United States | 90.9 |
| Switzerland | 4.3 |
| Canada | 2.8 |
| Sweden | 1.2 |
| Belgium | 0.3 |
Cash in allocation charts includes cash equivalents.
Percentages of allocation may not add to 100% due to rounding error.
All information is sourced from Bloomberg, Brown Brothers Harriman (Luxembourg) S.C.A.,
SMBC Nikko Bank (Luxembourg) S.A., Nikko Asset Management Americas, ARK Investment Management LLC. and Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. All information as of 29 February 2024.
| Sector Allocation | Sector Allocation |
|---|---|
| Information Technology | 26.4 |
| Health Care | 25.7 |
| Financials | 19.8 |
| Communication Services | 14.6 |
| Consumer Discretionary | 12.3 |
| Industrials | 0.7 |
Cash in allocation charts includes cash equivalents.
Percentages of allocation may not add to 100% due to rounding error.
All information is sourced from Bloomberg, Brown Brothers Harriman (Luxembourg) S.C.A.,
SMBC Nikko Bank (Luxembourg) S.A., Nikko Asset Management Americas, ARK Investment Management LLC. and Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. All information as of 29 February 2024.
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