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Brendan Ahern

Chief Investment Officer
KraneShares
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United States
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New York City
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Brendan Ahern is the Chief Investment Officer of KraneShares, a suite of China-focused exchange-traded funds. Brendan joined KraneShares in 2013 where he leads the firm’s China research and education efforts. He 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. He produces a daily update called China Last Night (www.chinalastnight.com), which also appears as a column on Forbes.com. 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.

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

Current position (1)

Chief Investment Officer

KraneShares

Degrees (2)
BA
College of the Holy Cross
1993 to 1997
Master of Science in Financial Analysis
University of San Francisco
2005 to 2007

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Presentations (3)
China Internet & E-Commerce Investing

Chinese E-Commerce sales reached $749 billion* in 2016 (compared to $394.9 billion in the U.S.) an increase of 26.2% year over year.
China's internet population reached 721 million people, a penetration of only 52.2%. The U.S. internet population reached 287 million people, a penetration rate of 88.5%.
Total Chinese retail sales reached $4.8 trillion in 2016, an increase of 4.4%.
Online shopping accounted for 15.5% of retail purchases in China in 2016.

MSCI China A-Share Inclusion Decision 2017

This June Mainland Chinese equities (A-shares) are again up for inclusion into MSCI’s definition of China within their Global Standard Indexes. Why is this important to global investors? MSCI indexes have $10 trillion in benchmarked assets with $1.6 trillion tracking the MSCI Emerging Markets Index alone. The inclusion could trigger significant inflows into Mainland Chinese equities.
https://kraneshares.com/replay-msci-china-a-share-inclusion-decision-2017/

Potential Benefits of an “All China” Exposure to the “New China” Economy

https://kraneshares.com/potential-benefits-of-an-all-china-exposure-to-t...

Past talks (1)
Fixed Income Strategy: Where and How to Invest in Chinese Bonds
Taking Advantage of the New RMB Hub in Canada
Toronto
2015
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KraneShares only sure play in China's internet sector: Pro
Macro-tailwind benefiting e-commerce: Pro
China's CICC makes a push into US ETFs
Brendan Ahern on latest earnings report for Alibaba
This overlooked local trend will drive Chinese stocks higher in the new year, says China-focused ETF issuer
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Brendan Ahern: China MSCI Inclusion Is A ’Super Tanker Turning’

Books & Articles (6)

FTSE Russell Includes U.S.-listed Chinese Tech Companies
A Journey to the New Heart of Urbanization in China
Two China Tech Giants Join the $300B Club. Who’s Next?
MSCI Makes History!
From the Midwest to the Middle Kingdom, Putting Business First With China
Could this be the most influential publication in asset management?

Expertise (8)

Business
ETFs Emerging Markets China E-commerce index and passive investing Index investing china investing
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