With over €630 million in assets under management[1], CPR Invest – European Strategic Autonomy, the first actively managed fund dedicated to European sovereignty, celebrates its third anniversary. This strategy is one of the core pillars of the thematic equity offering for which CPR AM is renowned.
CPRAM’s range of thematic equity funds currently has over €19 billion assets under management1, managed by 11 senior fund managers, including over €1.2 billion1 invested to support the strengthening of Europe’s strategic autonomy.
The Covid crisis, the war in Ukraine and global geopolitical shifts have led Europe to launch a series of concrete, long-term sector-specific action plans to strengthen its autonomy and competitiveness. The latest initiatives therefore focus on security at large (Rearm Europe-Readiness 2030), AI (Invest AI), securing supply chains (RESource EU, Critical Medicine Act) and support for European industry (Industrial Accelerator Act).
Launched on 28 March 2023, CPR Invest – European Strategic Autonomy is fully aligned with this dynamic, offering a proprietary approach that enables to invest in European companies active in five key sectors:
- Industry, and in particular the subsectors of supply chain security, energy – where European investment increased by more than 20% between 2022 and 2025 – and technology.
- Defence, whilst military spending exceeded 2% of the EU’s GDP in 2025, the rise in military budgets is expected to continue in the coming years.
- Food, to ensure the supply, quality and access to safe food for all.
- Health, to ensure access to quality care, support the production of medicines and medical devices, and foster innovation and the digital transformation of the sector.
- Finance, to strengthen the resilience and independence of the European financial system, and its financing capabilities.
The wide range of themes covered enables Damien Mariette, Senior Thematic Manager at CPRAM and Fund Manager of CPR Invest – European Strategic Autonomy, to leverage all the drivers linked to this theme whilst mitigating sector-specific risks and adapting to market conditions.
Alice de Bazin, CEO of CPRAM: “As a pioneer in the thematic area of European strategic autonomy, we are fully committed to enable investors to contribute, over the long term, to strengthening Europe’s competitiveness and resilience. This is the true strength of CPRAM in thematic management: identifying trends early on and transforming them into investment strategies.”
Following the launch of CPR Invest - Europe Defense in July 2025, CPRAM continues to innovate and is extending the European sovereignty theme to other asset classes that meet the expectations of investors in France and internationally: Buy & Watch maturity bond funds and multi-asset funds. This thematic now represents over €1.2 billion in assets under management.
[1] Source: CPRAM as at 28/03/2026
