- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- United States of America
- IPO Date
- Sep 12, 2023
- Business
- KraneShares Trust (Ticker: KSEA) serves as the registrant for a suite of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) managed by Krane Funds Advisors LLC, focusing on thematic, China-centric, climate, and alternative investment strategies. The trust offers approximately 30 ETFs, including core products such as the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB), which tracks Chinese internet companies; KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex-China Index ETF (KEMX); KraneShares Global Carbon Strategy ETF (KRBN); KraneShares California Carbon Allowance Strategy ETF (KCCA); KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF (KARS); KraneShares Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AGIX); KraneShares SSE Star Market 50 Index ETF (KSTR); and the KraneShares Rockefeller Ocean Engagement ETF (KSEA), which invests in public companies impacting oceans across sectors like aquaculture, renewable energy, waste management, and logistics, with active engagement by sub-advisor Rockefeller Asset Management; as well as single-stock levered ETFs like KraneShares 2x Long PDD Daily ETF (KPDD), KraneShares 2x Long BIDU Daily ETF (KBDU), and KraneShares 2x Long MELI Daily ETF (KMLI). These ETFs target institutional and individual investors seeking exposure to high-growth emerging markets, sustainable themes, managed futures, covered call strategies, and defined outcome products, with geographic focus on China, Asia-Pacific, global emerging markets, Europe, and the U.S..
Established in 2013 and headquartered at 280 Park Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, New York, the trust operates primarily in the U.S. market through NYSE Arca listings, with strategies extending to international equities, fixed income, commodities, and derivatives..
In recent developments, KraneShares Trust launched the KraneShares Dragon Capital Vietnam Growth Index ETF (KPHO) in December 2025 through a strategic partnership with Dragon Capital, providing exposure to Vietnam's equity market amid potential FTSE and MSCI emerging market upgrades; expanded its single-stock levered ETF suite in November 2025 with KBDU (2x Baidu) and earlier in June 2025 with KMLI (2x MercadoLibre); partnered with BlackRock in July 2025 to offer model portfolio solutions combining KraneShares thematic ETFs with BlackRock's asset allocation tools for financial advisors; and made board changes including the election of Luis Berruga as trustee in September 2024, alongside updates to defined outcome ETFs like commencing new outcome periods in January 2025 for products such as KraneShares 100% KWEB Defined Outcome January 2027 ETF (KPRO)..