October 2021 Chapter Meeting  (Online)

 

 

China Internet & Equity Market Update

Speaker: Brendan Ahern, Chief Investment Officer

Featured Partner: Kira Benson, EMQQ

Meeting Description

• Recent volatility in China internet stocks and emerging opportunities.
• Placing the recent regulatory scrutiny of internet platforms such as Didi in context.
  
• Understanding the performance dispersion between China equity markets.
  
• Investors' different perceptions of China's capital markets and portfolio implications

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**You will receive login information in a few advance reminder emails. Contact Tonia Forbus if you do not receive it.

1.0 hour aproved CFP CE will be available for this session.

**You will need to be logged into your computer or Zoom app to receive CE credit for attendance. You may call in with your phone for audio in addition to logging in with your computer.

Speaker Biography

Brendan Ahern is the Chief Investment Officer at KraneShares. Brendan joined KraneShares in 2012. Brendan leads the firm’s research and education efforts and actively works with investors on a variety of subjects ranging from asset allocation to trading to articulating the growing influence that index providers hold in the asset management industry. Prior experience includes over ten years with Barclays Global Investors (subsequently BlackRock’s iShares), which he joined in 2001 during the rollout of their ETF business. His career has spanned a period of tremendous growth for ETFs, which has contributed to his profound knowledge of the ETF landscape.

Brendan is considered a preeminent expert in global financial markets with a particular focus on China. He is a frequent visitor to China and actively maintains daily contact with a deep local research network comprised of investment banks, brokers, and regional and boutique research firms. He produces a daily update called China Last Night (www.chinalastnight.com), which also appears as a column on Forbes.com. He is often sought after by leading business and financial outlets and regularly appears on CNBC and Bloomberg to discuss China’s capital markets. He is a frequent guest of Bloomberg Radio’s Daybreak Asia, and he is quoted in The Wall Street Journal and Investor’s Business Daily.

Brendan graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and has a Master of Science in Financial Analysis from the University of San Francisco.

Pricing and Registration       

• FPA Members:  $25
• Non-Members:  $75
• UCSC Extension Students:  $10
• FPA Externs: $0 (complimentary)
  

No refunds after 3:00 pm, Thursday, Oct 7.

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