Narratives vs Numbers: Brendan Ahern on EM Growth, Dollar Flows, and What Investors Miss

In this episode of Lead-Lag Live, I sit down with Brendan Ahern, Chief Investment Officer at KraneShares, to separate narrative from data on non-U.S. and emerging markets.

From index-construction quirks to the impact of a weaker dollar, Brendan lays out why headline EM returns can hide powerful growth — and how investors might be looking in the wrong places.

In this episode:
– Why headline EM returns can mask strong tech-led performance
– How stripping out banks/energy/SOEs changes the EM picture
– What a weaker dollar means for global rebalancing out of U.S. equities
– Where growth actually lives: names like TSMC, Alibaba, Tencent, Mercado Libre
– How to think about EM “growth factor” exposure alongside broader EM allocations

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