Richard Kang has served as Emerging Global Advisors' CIO and director of research since September 2008. He began his career in 1995 at Guardian Timing Services, a Toronto-based hedge fund, and has since built and/or managed Affinity Financial Group, Meridian Global Investors, Quadrexx Asset Management and ETFx Indexes LLC. He has often been quoted in the media, and often serves as a chairman, moderator and panelist at industry conferences.