Emerging Markets ETF issuer EMQQ Global had long maintained that the delisting risk of Chinese ADRs trading in the U.S. had been low. In March, EMQQ Global Founder & CIO Kevin T. Carter assured investors during a briefing video that there was “no immediate delisting threat.”
For one thing, the SEC and China Securities Regulatory Commission had years to work out a deal. And even if they couldn’t reach a deal in time, Carter noted that any holdings of Chinese stocks could “be transferred quite easily” to the Hong Kong Exchange.