Not sure if it solves your problem but entities are classes so you could load it outside of the ARView and keep a reference to it. Alternatively, you could set up a system for it. I’ll tell you more about that if loading the entity outside of the ARView doesn't do it

More details here https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/784756

(I made a previous post about this issue (wasn't approved yet) but I couldn't find the link for it in my browser history and wanted to add more details so I made this new post)