The Disruptive Force of Fintech in Emerging Markets – VanEck – 12.16.20

Overview:
Title: The Disruptive Force of Fintech in Emerging Markets
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Duration: 1 hour

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Summary:

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The emergence of COVID-19 introduced major changes in consumer behavior, implicit in unprecedented adoption and integration of digitization across sectors and regions in emerging markets around the world. As the year unfolded, an acceleration of stay-at-home behavior took off, emphasizing the impactful shift to digitization across industries and sectors, inherent in fintech, e-commerce, parcel delivery, food delivery, telemedicine and video gaming. As a result of higher online penetration, nearly $2 trillion (in USD) of value is estimated to be transferred from offline to online, further solidifying the role of fintech in the future of global growth. Given the scale and platform of digitization and its impact, the emergence of fintech in emerging markets provides the rationale for continued investment in innovative and disruptive companies as a long-term, sustainable and structural growth theme. Topics discussed include:

  • Structural Growth of Digitization in Emerging Markets
  • COVID-19 Accelerates Digital Engine – Fintech Is the Driver
  • Why Are Emerging Markets So Fintech Fertile?
  • Digitization as Next Pillar of EM Growth + High Social Impact (ESG)
  • How to Access Innovative and Disruptive Fintech Companies across Emerging Markets?

Speaker:
Angus Shillington, Deputy Portfolio Manager Angus Shillington Deputy Portfolio Manager VanEck

Mr. Shillington joined VanEck in 2009. He serves as Deputy Portfolio Manager for VanEck’s Emerging Markets Equity Strategy. With extensive experience in Asia and broad emerging markets equity, his current responsibilities include company and macro-economic research relating to these regions, with a specialized focus on Asia.