The Future of Emerging Markets: Where The Growth Is
With the internet becoming increasingly affordable and accessible, Billions of people in the developing world are now leapfrogging traditional consumption patterns and starting to consume online for the first time. The result of this rising middle-class consumer wave has transformed economies and produced new internet giants equal to or even larger than their U.S. counterparts. Kevin will delve into the greater influence of this new consumer wave and the fundamental changes taking place in developing economies, their preference for online shopping via the smartphone and ways for investors to gain targeted exposure to the rapidly expanding sector.
- What McKinsey and Co. call “the biggest growth opportunity in the history of capitalism”
- How the largest Emerging Market ETFs are fundamentally flawed
- How the rising middle class in EM is rapidly digitizing and paving the way for new internet giants equal to or larger than their U.S. counterparts
- How internet giants like Alibaba, Tencent, MercadoLibre, and Sea Ltd are leading a digital revolution in Emerging Markets
- Potential delisting risk of U.S. listed Chinese companies and the degrading U.S. China relations
Event Recording
The Future of Emerging Markets: Where The Growth Is - Kevin Carter, CIO -EMQQ | ETF
Speaker
Kevin Carter
- Title
- Chief Investment Officer @
- Company
- EMQQ
- Role
- Speaker
Mr. Carter is the Founder and CIO of the Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF (NYSE: EMQQ) and Chairman of the EMQQ Index Committee. Prior to EMQQ, Mr. Carter was the Founder & CEO of AlphaShares, an investment firm offering five Emerging Markets ETFs in partnership with Guggenheim Investments. Previously Mr. Carter was the Founder & CEO of Active Index Advisors acquired by Natixis in 2005 and the Founder & CEO of eInvesting acquired by ETRADE in 2000. Mr. Carter received a degree in Economics from the University of Arizona and began his career in 1992 with Robertson Stephens & Company.
About
EMQQ
EMQQ aims to provide exposure to the intersection of three macro trends in emerging markets: the rising middle class, increasingly affordable smartphones, and consumption patterns going online for the first time via smartphones promoting rapid ecommerce growth. With the internet becoming increasingly affordable and accessible, billions of people in the developing world are now leapfrogging traditional consumption patterns and starting to consume online for the first time. The result of this rising middle-class consumer wave has transformed economies and created a digital revolution in emerging markets.