Meet Our Founder

Kevin T. Carter

Kevin T. Carter is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of EMQQ Global, including EMQQ, FMQQ, and INQQ. While he considers himself an active “value” 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 “direct indexing” that was acquired by Natixis Asset Management in 2005. In 2006, their efforts turned to China and Emerging Markets with Dr. Malkiel’s publishing of “Investment Strategies to Exploit Economic Growth in China” and the subsequent book From Wall Street to the Great Wall. Working with Guggenheim Partners, they launched several China focused ETFs on the NYSE.

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.

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Meet Our Founder

Kevin T. Carter

Kevin T. Carter

Kevin T. Carter is the Founder & Chief Investment Officer of FMQQ. While he considers himself an active “value” 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 “direct indexing” that was acquired by Natixis Asset Management in 2005. In 2006, their efforts turned to China and Emerging Markets with Dr. Malkiel’s publishing of “Investment Strategies to Exploit Economic Growth in China” and the subsequent book From Wall Street to the Great Wall. Working with Guggenheim Partners, they launched several China focused ETFs on the NYSE.

Kevin launched FMQQ 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.

FMQQ Index Committee

Dr. Burton Malkiel
Dr. Burton Malkiel Member
Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter Member
Kyle Parker
Kyle Parker President
Akeem Bailey
Akeem Bailey Director of Research

FMQQ Executive Team

Kalea Power
Kalea Power Vice President of Business Development
Kyle Parker
Kyle Parker President
Lee Stapleton
Lee Stapleton Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Evolution Officer
Kira Benson
Kira Benson Director of Business Development

Careers with FMQQ

Ready to make FMQQ your next career move? we’d love to hear why!

Please send your resume and cover letter highlighting how you see

yourself contributing to FMQQ to kparker@emqqglobal.com.

We will respond as there is availability.

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FMQQ Investment Strategy

FMQQ is designed to provide investors with exposure to the Internet and Ecommerce sectors of the developing world. Many investors believe that the growth of consumption in Emerging Markets represents a significant growth opportunity as more than one billion people are expected to enter the consumer class in the coming decades1. Increasingly, these consumers are using smartphones and broadband mobile connections to access the Internet. FMQQ holds over 80 companies operating in Emerging and Frontier Markets beyond China, such as India, Brazil, Russia (temporarily marked to a penny per share, $0.01), South Korea, Taiwan, South Africa, Mexico, Argentina, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Turkey, Czech Republic, Poland, Singapore, Netherlands, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Disclosures

Carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risk factors, charges and expenses before investing. This and additional information can be found in the Fund’s prospectus, which may be obtained by visiting www.fmqqetf.com. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.

Market price returns are based on the official closing price of an ETF share or, if the official closing price isn’t available, the midpoint between the national best bid and national best offer (“NBBO”) as of the time the ETF calculates current NAV per share. NAVs are calculated using prices as of 4:00 PM Eastern Time. The returns shown do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times.

Risk Information

Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Investments in smaller and mid-sized companies typically exhibit higher volatility. The fund is non-diversified. International investing may involve risk of capital loss from unfavorable fluctuations in currency values, from differences in generally accepted accounting principles, or from economic or political instability in other nations. Emerging markets involve heightened risks related to the same factors as well as increased volatility and lower trading volume. Frontier markets generally have less developed capital markets than traditional emerging market countries, and, consequently, the risks of investing in foreign securities are magnified in such countries. These countries are subject to potentially significant political, social and economic instability, which could materially and adversely affect the companies in which the Fund may invest. The Fund invests in the securities of Internet Companies, including internet services companies and internet retailers, and is subject to risk that market or economic factors impacting technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology advances could have a major effect on the value of the Fund’s investments.
There is no guarantee that the Fund or the index will achieve its investment objective.
Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC serves as the investment advisor. The Funds are distributed by SEI Investments Distribution Co. (SIDCO) 1 Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA, 19456, which is not affiliated with Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC.
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