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Cathie Wood’s ARK gets off to slow start in Europe as ETFs raise just $15m

ARK Invest acquired London-based ETF firm Rize last year for a push into the European market, but assets haven’t flooded in yet

Famed stock-picker Wood might not be seeing ’as much pent-up demand as expected’
Famed stock-picker Wood might not be seeing ’as much pent-up demand as expected’ Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images

ARK Invest, the fund management business founded by renowned investor Cathie Wood, has raised just $15m across the three European ETFs it unveiled in April — a figure some experts claim shows the US firm is finding other markets hard to crack.

Established by Wood in 2014 after she broke away from AllianceBernstein, ARK acquired London-based ETF provider Rize almost a year ago to spur a push into Europe.

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