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KARS

KraneShares Electric Vehicles & Future Mobility ETF

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Investment Strategy:

KARS seeks to measure the performance of Solactive Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index. The Index is designed to track the performance of companies engaged in the production of electric vehicles and/or their components, or engaged in other initiatives that may change the future of mobility. The Index includes issuers engaged in the electric vehicle production, autonomous driving, shared mobility, lithium and/or copper production, lithium-ion/lead acid batteries, hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing and/or electric infrastructure businesses.

KARS features:

  • Access to global companies that operate in all areas of new transportation methods, passenger and freight, including electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles and shared mobility
  • Exposure to companies that lead the development of vehicle connectivity like Internet of Vehicles (IoV) and Intelligent mobility.
  • Exposure to the potential growth brought on by increased demand for lithium-ion battery and non-ferrous metals like lithium due to electric vehicle adoption.
  • Access to equities listed in Mainland China, which is currently the world’s largest electric vehicle market.

Future Mobility Sector Highlights:

  • 55% of new car sales and 33% of the global car fleet are projected to be electric by 2040.1
  • The global electric vehicle market is projected to command $2.7 trillion of total investment before 2040.2
  • Autonomous vehicles and the resulting ”passenger economy” are projected to create $8 trillion of value in the global economy.3

1.) Data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance as of 5/21/2018. Retrieved 3/31/2019.

2.) Morgan Stanley Research. “The EV Infrastructure 55: A Diversified Way to Play a Critical Enabler in the EV Theme.” Morgan Stanley. 10/17/2017

3.) Lanctot, Roger. “Accelerating The Future: The Economic Impact of the Emerging Passenger Economy.” Strategy Analytics. June 2017.

Fund Details

Data as of 07/19/2019
TickerKARS
Primary ExchangeNYSE
CUSIP500767827
ISINUS5007678270
Net Assets$34,233,244
Total Annual Fund Operating Expense0.70%
Inception Date01/18/2018
Distribution FrequencyAnnual

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Daily Performance

Data as of 07/19/2019
Premium Discount Chart
NAV
Net Asset Value$20.75 
Daily Change0.92%
Price
Closing Price$20.67 
Daily Change0.54%

Performance History

Distributions
Cumulative %
Data as of: 06/30/2019		Fund NAVClosing PriceIndex
1 Month10.30%9.71%9.80%
3 Month-1.94%-2.02%-2.02%
6 Month13.07%14.34%13.62%
Since Inception-17.92%-17.56%-18.61%
Avg Annualized %
Data as of quarter end: 06/30/2019		Fund NAVClosing PriceIndex
1 Year-7.44%-7.28%-6.96%
Since Inception-12.72% -12.45%-13.27%

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted.

Top 10 Holdings

Data as of 07/19/2019
Full Holdings .CSV
RankCompany Name% of Net AssetsTickerShares HeldMarket Value($)
1
NVIDIA CORP
3.71%NVDA7,5471,271,217
2
TESLA INC
3.7%TSLA4,9091,267,406
3
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
3.54%AMD37,3001,212,623
4
GENERAL MOTORS CO
3.54%GM30,7081,212,352
5
ANALOG DEVICES INC
3.54%ADI10,4711,212,332
6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
3.51%TXN10,2471,201,563
7
Volkswagen AG
3.46%VOW3 GR6,9631,183,486
8
BAYER MOTOREN WK
3.45%BMW GR15,8011,180,407
9
ALPHABET INC-CL A
3.32%GOOGL1,0031,134,945
10
DAIMLER AG
3.08%DAI GR20,7031,055,699

Holdings are subject to change.

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Carefully consider the Funds' investment objectives, risk factors, charges and expenses before investing. This and additional information can be found in the Funds' full & summary prospectus, which may be obtained here: KWEB, KBA, OBOR, KGRN, KARS, KURE, KEMQ, KCNY, KFYP, KALL, KCCB, KMED, KEMX. Read the prospectus carefully before investing. Please note these links also contain the fund's current top ten holdings.

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The Funds are subject to political, social or economic instability within China which may cause decline in value. Variable-interest entities (VIEs) do not give investors ownership in the operating company as stock does. The enforceability of the VIE structure is not guaranteed by Chinese law. Fluctuations in currency of foreign countries may have an adverse effect to domestic currency values. Emerging markets involve heightened risk related to the same factors as well as increase volatility and lower trading volume.

Narrowly focused investments typically exhibit higher volatility. Internet companies are subject to rapid changes in technology, worldwide competition, rapid obsolescence of products and services, loss of patent protections, evolving industry standards and frequent new product productions. Such changes may have an adverse impact on performance. Technology companies may be subject to severe competition and rapid obsolescence. The KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, the KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road ETF, the KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF, the KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology ETF, the KraneShares MSCI China Environment ETF, the KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF, the KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF, the KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF, and the KraneShares Emerging Market Healthcare Index ETF are non-diversified.

The ability of the KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A ETF, the KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF, the KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road ETF, the KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology ETF, the KraneShares Electric Vechicles and Future Mobility Index ETF, the KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF, and the KraneShares Emerging Market Healthcare Index ETF to achieve their respective investment objectives is dependent, in part, on the continuous availability of A Shares and the ability to obtain, if necessary, additional A Shares quota. If a Fund is unable to obtain sufficient exposure to limited availability of A Share quota, the Fund could seek exposure to the component securities of the Underlying Index by investment in other types of securities. The funds may in invest in derivatives, which are often more volatile than other investments and may magnify the Funds’ gains or losses.

The KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF & The KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF are subject to interest rate risk, which is the chance that bonds will decline in value as interest rates rise. The components of the securities held by these Funds will be rated by Chinese credit rating agencies, which may use different criteria and methodology than U.S. entities or international credit rating agencies. The Fund may invest in high yield and unrated securities, whose prices are generally more sensitive to adverse economic changes and consequently more volatile. These Funds are subject to industry concentration risk and is non-diversified. Narrowly focused investments typically exhibit higher volatility.

The KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF invests in perpetual bonds, which offer fixed return with no maturity date. Perpetual bonds can be more volatile than other types of bonds that have a maturity date and may be more sensitive to changes to interest rates.

The KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF depends on the CIBM Program to invest directly in RMB Bonds. There is no guarantee the Fund will be able to continue to participate in the program.

The KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF and the KraneShares Emerging Market Healthcare Index ETF invests primarily in the health care industry. The profitability of companies in the healthcare sector may be affected by government regulations and government healthcare programs, government reimbursement for medical expenses, increases or decreases in the cost of medical products and services, limited product lines, increased emphasis on the delivery of healthcare through outpatient services and product liability claims. Many healthcare companies are heavily dependent on patent protection, which may be time consuming and costly, and the expiration of a company’s patent may adversely affect that company’s profitability. Healthcare companies are subject to competitive forces that may result in pricing pressure, including price discounting, and may be thinly capitalized and susceptible to product obsolescence. Many new products in the healthcare sector require significant research and development and may be subject to regulatory approvals, which may be time consuming and costly and with no guarantee that the product will come to market.

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