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Mongolia, one of the fastest growing frontier markets

Thursday, July 26, 2012

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Simon Potter
Bailey McCann, Opalesue New York:

Simon Potter is a veteran hedge fund seeder who has recently moved to Hong Kong to start a Mongolia focused fund and head up Quam Asset Management. Quam is focused both in the capital markets and wealth management, with products that are broadly involved in the Asia region. Potter was recently interviewed by Matthias Knab for Opalesque TV.

The Mongolia fund is an open ended vehicle designed to give investors liquid access to longer-term, very fast commodity driven emerging market. According to Potter, few investors have taken Mongolia seriously, but the country has a thriving economy. Prior to the launch of the Mongolia fund, the firm launched a Middle Eastern fund in partnership with InvestAD; that now acts as a sub-advisor to the fund. Quam also has a China fund that is managed from Hong Kong. The firm is also active in the private equity space and maintains a partnership with Global Alliance Partners in order to offer clients more access to deal flow an optionality in their investments.

Beyond individual funds, Quam provides a variety of services to investors including Quamnet which allows investors to look up locally based securities through a subscription based platform. The firm also manages a corporate finance division and a separate securities division which make up the bulk of the firm's activities.

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