CFAP Webinar: The Future of Emerging Markets and The Rise of a Digital India

When:  Apr 11, 2024 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (ET)
Associated with  CFA Society Philadelphia

The Third Wave of global digitization has reached an inflection point. The conditions and technologies born in Silicon Valley have now spread, evolved, and matured worldwide, creating billions of digital natives and numerous unicorns in all corners of the globe. This confluence of forces has become most powerful in India. A thriving economy and favorable demographics are creating a digital golden age that’s expected to propel the country to the third largest economy by 2027. 

The webinar will cover: 

  •     What makes India the ideal emerging market
  •     Is India like China 15 years ago?
  •     Drastically declining tech costs ($12 smartphones)
  •     Understanding the power of the India Stack
  •     How to invest in India's digital transformation
  •     The next Wave of the Digital Revolution: Latin America and Southeast Asia

Our presenter is Kevin T. Carter. Kevin is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of EMQQ Global. While he principally considers himself an active “value” investor, he has collaborated with Princeton economist and indexing legend, Dr. Burton G. Malkiel, for more than 20 years. Together Malkiel and Carter founded eInvesting in 1999, a pioneer firm in fractional share brokerage acquired by ETRADE in 2000, and Active Index Advisors, a pioneer in “direct indexing” acquired by Natixis Asset Management in 2005. In 2006, their efforts turned to China and emerging markets. They launched several China focused ETFs on the NYSE with Guggenheim Partners.

EMQQ Global is a San Francisco based investment management and research firm focused on the emerging and Frontier Markets Technology Sector. Its Indexes include

publicly traded internet and ecommerce companies operating in 50+ countries including India, China, Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria, Egypt, Mexico, Vietnam and Turkey. Its Indexes help investors identify the opportunities driven by the digital consumer revolution in the markets with ETFs listed on stock exchanges in the U.S., Europe and Asia.