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Carter is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of EMQQ Global, including EMQQ, FMQQ, and INQQ. While he considers himself an active âvalueâ investor first and foremost, he has collaborated with Princeton economist and indexing legend, Dr. Burton Malkiel, for more than 20 years. Their work together began in 1999 with the development of eInvesting, a pioneer firm in fractional share brokerage that was acquired by ETRADE in 2000. In 2002 they founded Active Index Advisors, a pioneer in so-called âdirect indexingâ that was acquired by Natixis Asset Management in 2005. In 2006, their efforts turned to China and Emerging Markets with Dr. Malkielâs publishing of âInvestment Strategies to Exploit Economic Growth in Chinaâ and the subsequent book From Wall Street to the Great Wall. Working with Guggenheim Partners, they launched several China focused ETFs on the NYSE.</p> 801<p>Kevin launched EMQQ in 2014 after noticing how the smartphone was changing his personal consumption habits. He now lives in Lafayette, California with his wife and three children.</p> 802 </div> 803 804 </div> 805 806 </div> 807 </div> 808 </div> 809 810 811 812 813 <div class="row"> 814 815 <div class="col-lg-7 two-col-featured-member-info-col"> 816 <div class="two-col-featured-member-info"> 817 <div class="two-col-featured-member-heading"> 818 <h3>Kevin T. Carter</h3> 819 </div> 820 <div class="two-col-featured-member-social-media"> 821 822 <div class="two-col-featured-member-social-media-item"> 823 824 825 826 827 <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 <i class="fa-solid fa-envelope"></i> 836 837 </a> 838 </div> 839 840 <div class="two-col-featured-member-social-media-item"> 841 842 843 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thekevintcarter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 844 845 846 847 <i class="fa-brands fa-linkedin-in"></i> 848 849 850 851 852 853 </a> 854 </div> 855 856 <div class="two-col-featured-member-social-media-item"> 857 858 859 <a href="https://twitter.com/thekevintcarter" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 860 861 <i class="fa-brands fa-twitter"></i> 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 </a> 870 </div> 871 872 873 </div> 874 <div class="two-col-featured-member-content"> 875 <p>Kevin T. Carter is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of EMQQ Global, including EMQQ, FMQQ, and INQQ. While he considers himself an active âvalueâ investor first and foremost, he has collaborated with Princeton economist and indexing legend, Dr. Burton Malkiel, for more than 20 years.</p> 876 </div> 877 <div class="two-col-featured-member-button"> 878 <a class="two-col-featured-member-button-modal" id="two-col-featured-member-button-modal-btn">Read More â</a> 879 </div> 880 881 </div> 882 </div> 883 884 <div class="col-lg-5 two-col-featured-member-img-col"> 885 <div class="two-col-featured-member-image-wrapper"> 886 <div class="two-col-featured-member-img"> 887 888 <img src="https://www.emqqglobal.com/hubfs/EMQQ-KC-Headshot.jpg" alt="EMQQ-KC-Headshot" loading="lazy"> 889 890 </div> 891 </div> 892 </div> 893 894 </div> 895 896 897 898 899 </div> 900 901</section> 902 903 904</div> 905 906</div><!--end widget-span --> 907</div><!--end row--> 908</div><!--end row-wrapper --> 909 910</div><!--end widget-span --> 911</div><!--end row--> 912</div><!--end row-wrapper --> 913 914<div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-5 dnd-section"> 915<div class="row-fluid "> 916<div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-cell dnd-column" style="" data-widget-type="cell" data-x="0" data-w="12"> 917 918<div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-6 dnd-row"> 919<div class="row-fluid "> 920<div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget dnd-module" style="" data-widget-type="custom_widget" data-x="0" data-w="12"> 921<div id="hs_cos_wrapper_widget_1689239455037" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="module"> 922 923 924 925<section id="" class="five-col-global-team widget_1689239455037 bg-lightGray "> 926 <div class="content-wrapper"> 927 928 929 930 <div class="modal__container" id="col-team-modal-item1" aria-hidden="true"> 931 <div class="modal opac"> 932 <div class="modal__header"><div class="close">X</div></div> 933 <div class="modal__body"> 934 935 <div class="team-item-modal"> 936 937 <div class="team-item-modal-img"> 938 <img src="https://www.emqqglobal.com/hubfs/KyleParker.jpg" alt="KyleParker"> 939 940 <div class="team-item-modal-img-social"> 941 942 <div class="team-item-modal-img-social-item"> 943 944 945 946 947 <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 948 949 950 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 <i class="fa-solid fa-envelope"></i> 958 959 960 961 </a> 962 </div> 963 964 <div class="team-item-modal-img-social-item"> 965 966 967 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-parker-a2271529/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 968 969 970 971 972 973 <i class="fa-brands fa-linkedin-in"></i> 974 975 976 977 978 979 980 981 </a> 982 </div> 983 984 </div> 985 986 </div> 987 988 <div class="team-item-modal-info"> 989 <p>Mr. Parker is the President of EMQQ Global. Previously, Mr. Parker worked at Progress Investment Management Co., the San Francisco based firm focused on minority and womenowned emerging managers. He previously worked at AlphaShares, an investment firm founded by Mr. Carter and Dr. Malkiel, offering Emerging Markets and China focused ETFs in partnership with Guggenheim Investments. Mr. Parker holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.</p> 990 </div> 991 992 </div> 993 994 </div> 995 </div> 996 </div> 997 998 <div class="modal__container" id="col-team-modal-item2" aria-hidden="true"> 999 <div class="modal opac"> 1000 <div class="modal__header"><div class="close">X</div></div> 1001 <div class="modal__body"> 1002 1003 <div class="team-item-modal"> 1004 1005 <div class="team-item-modal-img"> 1006 <img src="https://www.emqqglobal.com/hubfs/Kira%20Benson.png" alt="Kira Benson"> 1007 1008 <div class="team-item-modal-img-social"> 1009 1010 <div class="team-item-modal-img-social-item"> 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 <i class="fa-solid fa-envelope"></i> 1026 1027 1028 1029 </a> 1030 </div> 1031 1032 </div> 1033 1034 </div> 1035 1036 <div class="team-item-modal-info"> 1037 <p><span>Ms. Benson is the Director of Business Development at EMQQ Global. Previously, Kira led business development at MARS SalesFocus Solutions, a provider of distribution intelligence for the asset management industry. Kira spent 7 years in London working in relationship management at both BlueBay Asset Management and BlackRock. Preceding her move to London Kira worked in securities lending at BlackRockâs San Francisco office. Kira began her career at Morgan Stanleyâs Graystone Consulting after graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara.</span></p> 1038 </div> 1039 1040 </div> 1041 1042 </div> 1043 </div> 1044 </div> 1045 1046 <div class="modal__container" id="col-team-modal-item3" aria-hidden="true"> 1047 <div class="modal opac"> 1048 <div class="modal__header"><div class="close">X</div></div> 1049 <div class="modal__body"> 1050 1051 <div class="team-item-modal"> 1052 1053 <div class="team-item-modal-img"> 1054 <img src="https://www.emqqglobal.com/hubfs/Erica%20Allaby1.jpg" alt="Erica Allaby"> 1055 1056 <div class="team-item-modal-img-social"> 1057 1058 <div class="team-item-modal-img-social-item"> 1059 1060 1061 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericaallaby" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 <i class="fa-brands fa-linkedin-in"></i> 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 </a> 1076 </div> 1077 1078 </div> 1079 1080 </div> 1081 1082 <div class="team-item-modal-info"> 1083 <p>Erica Allaby is the Chief Marketing Officer at EMQQ Global. Over the the last decade, Erica developed the art of investor-centric storytelling with a focus on disruptive technology and the companies on the forefront of innovation while overseeing ROBO Globalâs content & product marketing until its successful acquisition by VettaFi in 2023. Erica graduated from High Point University as a Presidential Scholar with a B.A. in Communications.</p> 1084 </div> 1085 1086 </div> 1087 1088 </div> 1089 </div> 1090 </div> 1091 1092 <div class="modal__container" id="col-team-modal-item4" aria-hidden="true"> 1093 <div class="modal opac"> 1094 <div class="modal__header"><div class="close">X</div></div> 1095 <div class="modal__body"> 1096 1097 <div class="team-item-modal"> 1098 1099 <div class="team-item-modal-img"> 1100 <img src="https://www.emqqglobal.com/hubfs/Akeem%20B
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Previously, Akeem worked at Rondure Global Advisors, where he helped oversee research and due diligence on emerging market equities and at Arisaig Partners, a Singaporebased hedge fund focused exclusively on consumer and internet companies in emerging markets. Akeem began his career living and working in India as a strategy consultant for the Mahindra Group. Akeem holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.</span></p> 1152 </div> 1153 1154 </div> 1155 1156 </div> 1157 </div> 1158 </div> 1159 1160 <div class="modal__container" id="col-team-modal-item5" aria-hidden="true"> 1161 <div class="modal opac"> 1162 <div class="modal__header"><div class="close">X</div></div> 1163 <div class="modal__body"> 1164 1165 <div class="team-item-modal"> 1166 1167 <div class="team-item-modal-img"> 1168 <img src="https://www.emqqglobal.com/hubfs/Burton%20Malkiel-thumb.png" alt="Burton Malkiel"> 1169 1170 <div class="team-item-modal-img-social"> 1171 1172 </div> 1173 1174 </div> 1175 1176 <div class="team-item-modal-info"> 1177 <p><span>Dr. Burton G. Malkiel has served as an advisor to the EMQQ Global Index Committee since inception. Dr. Malkiel is a longtime Professor of Economics at Princeton University and is best known for his seminal book A Random Walk Down Wall Street. In 1999 he served as an advisor to eInvesting, a fractional share brokerage acquired by ETRADE in 2000. In 2002 he was a co-Founder and CIO of Active Index Advisors. He is widely considered one of the pioneers of index investing and ETFs. He has served on the Board of Directors of Vanguard, as Dean of the Yale School of Management and as Chairman of the Princeton University Economics Department. Dr. Malkiel holds BA and MBA from Harvard and a PhD from Princeton University.</span></p> 1178 </div> 1179 1180 </div> 1181 1182 </div> 1183 </div> 1184 </div> 1185 1186 <div class="modal__container" id="col-team-modal-item6" aria-hidden="true"> 1187 <div class="modal opac"> 1188 <div class="modal__header"><div class="close">X</div></div> 1189 <div class="modal__body"> 1190 1191 <div class="team-item-modal"> 1192 1193 <div class="team-item-modal-img"> 1194 <img src="https://www.emqqglobal.com/hubfs/Venuto.png" alt="Venuto"> 1195 1196 <div class="team-item-modal-img-social"> 1197 1198 <div class="team-item-modal-img-social-item"> 1199 1200 1201 1202 1203 <a href="mailto:[email protected]"> 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 1210 1211 1212 1213 <i class="fa-solid fa-envelope"></i> 1214 1215 1216 1217 </a> 1218 </div> 1219 1220 </div> 1221 1222 </div> 1223 1224 <div class="team-item-modal-info"> 1225 <p><span>Mr. Venuto is an Advisor to the EMQQ Global Index Committee. He is an ETF industry veteran with two decades of experience in the design and implementation of ETF-based investment strategies. Michael is currently Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Toroso Investments, LLC. Michael is also a Director of Tidal ETF Services, which helps investors launch and grow ETFs. Previously, he was Head of Investments at Global X Funds. 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1390ctâ. </strong> </em>The plunging costs of smartphones and wireless broadband are providing unprecedentedly large swaths of the population in developing countries with access to the internet for the first time, enabling revolutions not just in consumption patterns, but also digital payments, communication, healthcare, education, entertainment, delivery, and more.</p> 1391<p><em><strong>Diversification. </strong></em>EMQQ Global targets exposure to a global theme with over 130 emerging market tech companies to prevent any single company from exercising an outsize influence.</p> 1392 </div> 1393 </div> 1394 </div> 1395 1396 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-item"> 1397 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-question"> 1398 <h3>When did EMQQ Launch?</h3> 1399 </div> 1400 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-answer"> 1401 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-answer-wrapper"> 1402 <p>Our flagship product, EMQQ, launched in November 2014 after EMQQ Global Founder, Kevin T. Carter noticed his own consumption patterns changing via the smartphone.</p> 1403 </div> 1404 </div> 1405 </div> 1406 1407 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-item"> 1408 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-question"> 1409 <h3>How are the EMQQ, FMQQ, & INQQ Indexes Constructed?</h3> 1410 </div> 1411 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-answer"> 1412 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-answer-wrapper"> 1413 <p>Our indexes are constructed using the same methodology, varying only in their country exposure.</p> 1414<p><em><strong>The EMQQ Global Methodology:</strong></em></p> 1415<p>All companies with >50% of revenue from Internet and/or Ecommerce in Emerging and Frontier Markets</p> 1416<p>Minimum $300mm market capitalization</p> 1417<p>Liquidity screen $1.0mm average daily turnover</p> 1418<p>Rebalanced and reconstituted semi-annually in June and December</p> 1419<p>Fast track IPO inclusion after 3 trading days if market cap >$10 Billion</p> 1420<p>Index Committee discretion (by majority vote for special inclusions and removals)</p> 1421<p>Market Cap weighted with 8% max weight per security at rebalance</p> 1422 </div> 1423 </div> 1424 </div> 1425 1426 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-item"> 1427 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-question"> 1428 <h3>Whatâs The Difference Between EMQQ, FMQQ, & INQQ?</h3> 1429 </div> 1430 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-answer"> 1431 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-answer-wrapper"> 1432 <p>All three products have the same thesis of providing advisors targeted exposure to the rapidly growing Emerging Markets Technology Sector, varying only by country exposure.</p> 1433<p><em><strong>EMQQ:</strong></em><em> All Emerging and Frontier Internet and Ecommerce companies that satisfy the index rules</em></p> 1434<p><strong><em>FMQQ:</em></strong> <em>All Emerging and Frontier Internet and Ecommerce companies that satisfy the index rules, excluding China</em></p> 1435<p><em><strong>INQQ:</strong> Exclusively Indian Internet and Ecommerce companies that satisfy the index rules</em></p> 1436 </div> 1437 </div> 1438 </div> 1439 1440 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-item"> 1441 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-question"> 1442 <h3>How Do I Buy EMQQ, FMQQ, & INQQ?</h3> 1443 </div> 1444 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-answer"> 1445 <div class="one-col-accordion-content-answer-wrapper"> 1446 <p>Each strategy is available as NYSE ETF.</p> 1447 </div> 1448 </div> 1449 </div> 1450 1451 </div> 1452 </div> 1453 </div> 1454 1455 </div> 1456 1457 1458 1459</section></div> 1460 1461</div><!--end widget-span --> 1462</div><!--end row--> 1463</div><!--end row-wrapper --> 1464 1465<div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-9 dnd-row"> 1466<div class="row-fluid "> 1467<div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget dnd-module" style="" data-widget-type="custom_widget" data-x="0" data-w="12"> 1468<div id="hs_cos_wrapper_dnd_area-module-4" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="module"> 1469 1470 1471 1472<section id="" class="one-col-subscription-form dnd_area-module-4 bg_image "> 1473 <div class="content-wrapper"> 1474 <div class="row"> 1475 <div class="col-lg-12"> 1476 <div class="one-col-subscription-form-heading" style="max-width: 780px;"> 1477 <h3>Receive regular updates and notifications on EMQQ Globalâs latest research</h3> 1478<p>Investing in global innovation starts with understanding it. Stay updated with news and articles. Enter your email below to subscribe to our latest updates.</p> 1479 1480 1481 <div class="one-col-subscription-form-wrapper">
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