Alisher Ali Djumanov, CEO of Eurasia Capital

July.28 2009 (BNE) Mongolia, sandwiched between two major economies, China and Russia, and with a population of about 2.6m, has huge and largely untapped natural resources, with over 6,000 mineral deposits scattered across its vast territory, which is three times larger than France. The most significant are copper, gold, coal and uranium.

July.17 2009 ( Bloomberg) Mongolia is seeking $25 billion of overseas investments in mining in the next five years to develop some of the world’s largest untapped gold and copper resources.

“We want to embark on one large-scale mining project every year, and an investment of $5 billion is required” annually, Prime Minister Sanjaa Bayar said in an interview in Tokyo yesterday. “We want countries like Japan to take part because they have technologies to develop gold and copper mines without damaging the natural environment.”

July.16 2009 (BNE) From its Central Asian origins, Eurasia Capital is reaching out across the former Soviet Union and beyond with the launch of an office in Beijing and a beefed-up presence in Moscow, as it aims to become the first pan-regional investment bank. It is also exploring new frontiers closer to home, with an office in Turkmenistan planned.

Dec.4 2008 (Asiamoney) Here, on September 10, Khan Bank chief executive J. Peter Morrow announced that his bank was growing so aggressively and successfully that it needed international funding to keep up. And if that seemed a contrarian sentiment at the time – this was the week that Lehman Brothers’ share price began its final plunge towards bankruptcy – then Morrow certainly wasn’t alone.

Oct. 6 (Bloomberg)  In times of trouble, investors often race to U.S. Treasuries. Alisher Djumanov suggests a far less obvious destination: Central Asia. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan don't tend to come to mind when searching for safety. Nor do Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in the Caucasus region.

Oct. 1 (Business New Europe)  Eurasia Capital Management (ECM) has created the first ever Uzbekistan-dedicated hedge fund. The Uzbekistan Growth Fund was launched in early September with initial capital of just $5m, but ECM founder and managing partner Alisher Ali Djumanov believes that there is the potential to grow the open-ended investment vehicle substantially over the next couple of years. Read More

Sept. 23 (Business New Europe) This year's "Euromoney Mongolia Investment Forum" opened at a critical juncture in the country's development. On its second day, September 11, Sanjaagiin Bayar was elected prime minister after two months of political negotiations between the Mongolian People's Republican Party and the minority Democratic Party. Read More

Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) Eurasia Capital Management, which manages about $200 million of hedge funds across Central Asia, plans to sell shares in a Mongolia private-equity fund in Singapore in the first half of next year. Eurasia will list the fund, which will raise as much as $100 million, on Singapore's Catalist market for smaller companies, said Alisher Djumanov, managing partner of the firm. Read More

Sept. 10, 2008 (Ulaanbaatar) Eurasia Capital Group is pleased to announce the launch of Eurasia Capital Mongolia LLC, an investment banking and brokerage firm in Mongolia. ECG has made this investment through Eurasia Capital International, its pan-regional investment banking arm focused on Central Asia, the Caucasus and Mongolia. Read More

Sept. 10, 2008 (UB Post) Interview with Mr Alisher Ali Djumanov, Chairman of Eurasia Capital Group Read More

Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) Eurasia Capital Management plans to increase the world's first Mongolia-focused fund fivefold to $100 million to tap economic growth fueled by the nation's mining industry. Read More