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ARK Invest

St. Petersburg, FLSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 169525

Filed as ARK INVEST · Legal name ARK Investment Management LLC

ARK Invest is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in St. Petersburg, FL, registered since 2014, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 24, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$15,980,171,090
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is ARK Invest compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), ARK Invest reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

What does ARK Invest's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 24, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.45% to 0.6% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is ARK Invest located?

ARK Invest's principal office is in St. Petersburg, FL, according to its Form ADV.

Is ARK Invest registered with the SEC or a state?

ARK Invest is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 169525.

How much does ARK Invest manage?

ARK Invest reports $15,980,171,090 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have ARK Invest's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for ARK Invest: Regulatory assets under management: $55,094,588,754 in the October 2021 data and $15,980,171,090 in the October 2026 data, down 71%. Total employees: 33 in October 2021 and 58 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does ARK Invest serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: other investment advisers (27); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (22); investment companies (12).

Which custodians does ARK Invest use?

ARK Invest's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists State Street as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does ARK Invest report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/169525

What changed in ARK Invest's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Asset-based fee: 0.45% to 0.6% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
ARK’s standard fee rates for management of separately managed accounts are normally between 0.45% and 0.60% of assets under management .

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 24, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$15,980,171,090

$15,980,171,090 as of October 2026, filing dated August 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $15,980,171,090.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 12 Assets $13,976,855,119 (87%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 22 Assets $1,552,559,499 (10%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $33,817,208 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $413,666,611 (3%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 27 Assets $3,272,653 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
ARK Investment Management LLC
Also doing business as
ARK INVEST
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 58. Performing investment advisory functions: 20.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$55.1B 2021 $24.8B 2022 $13.9B 2023 $15.2B 2024 $13B 2025 $16B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$15,980,171,09058August 24, 2026
October 2025$13,007,845,31250May 5, 2025
October 2024$15,177,263,14448May 21, 2024
October 2023$13,883,813,82946March 31, 2023
October 2022$24,798,741,42346March 31, 2022
October 2021$55,094,588,75433April 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $55,094,588,754 in the October 2021 data and $15,980,171,090 in the October 2026 data, down 71%.

Total employees: 33 in October 2021 and 58 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. September 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 19 to 20.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $13,007,845,312 to $15,980,171,090 (+23%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
ark-funds.comark-invest.comark-invest.storereddit.com/user/ARK_Invest

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. ARK Invest (CRD 169525): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ark-invest-st-petersburg-fl-169525