The Future of Emerging Markets – EMQQ – 3.31.21

Overview:
Title: The Future of Emerging Markets
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Duration: 1 hour

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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. The result of this rising middle-class consumer wave has transformed economies and produced new internet giants equal to or 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 how Gen-Z will drive the next leg of this growing digital revolution. What’s Covered:

  • What McKinsey & Co. calls “the biggest growth opportunity in the history of capitalism”
  • How the largest Emerging Market ETFs are fundamentally flawed
  • How to capture the growth of Billions of new Consumers in Emerging Markets
  • China: The Ant Group IPO failure and the government and regulatory risks for Alibaba and Tencent
  • India: Who will be the “AMZN of India?” The India opportunity and the pipeline of Indian internet IPOs
  • How internet giants like Alibaba, Jumia and MercadoLibre are leading a digital revolution in EM

Speaker:
Kevin Carter Kevin Carter Founder & CIO EMQQ

Mr. Carter is the Founder and CIO of the Emerging Markets Internet & Ecommerce ETF (NYSE: EMQQ) and Chairman of the EMQQIndex 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.