The Future of Consumption – How Alibaba, Tencent & MercadoLibre Are Leading A Digital Revolution In Emerging Markets – EMQQ – 2.18.20

Summary:

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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. This rising middle-class consumer wave has transformed economies and produced new corporate internet giants equal to or even larger than their U.S. counterparts. Kevin Carter 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 this rapidly expanding sector.

What will be covered:

• Learn what McKinsey & Company calls, “the biggest growth opportunity in the history of capitalism”
• How the smartphone is capturing the growth of the Emerging Markets consumer sector
• How the largest Emerging Market ETF’s are fundamentally flawed
• Insights and key growth trends for some of the largest and fastest growing companies in the world you may never have heard of

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.