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Euro Pacific Halter Asia Management, Inc. (“EPHAM”) is the registered investment advisor to the EPH China Fund. EPHAM is jointly owned by Euro Pacific Capital Inc., Halter Financial Investments L.P. and the management team.
EPHAM was formed in early 2009 as a result of our belief that developing and emerging nations will outperform developed nations over the long term. Many developed nations are heavily in debt, have unfavorable demographic trends and are likely to face inflation and rising interest rates in the years ahead. This combination of factors will likely act as a headwind to GDP growth and keep the rate of economic expansion below average. Further, we expect the currencies of these developed nations to continue weakening for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, many developing and emerging economies are undergoing market deregulation, have balanced budgets, cash reserves and strong household balance sheets, which will likely result in much higher rates of economic growth. As a result, we believe that resource demand from developing and emerging economics such as China will remain buoyant.
Unfortunately, many U.S. investors are still recovering from the financial crisis of 2008 and have portfolios that are significantly impaired. Many investors are simply under exposed to the Asia Pacific region and especially China. The EPH China Fund is designed to give investors a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks with exposure to China while protecting investors from the declining purchasing power of the U.S. Dollar. Our investment philosophy is to focus on attractively valued, financially stable but growing, dividend paying Chinese companies. At EPHAM, we are focused exclusively on generating attractive returns over the long term for our investors.
Russell E. Hoss co-founded EPHAM in February 2009. Prior to EPHAM, Russell worked at Alder Capital L.P., where he helped manage a globally focused investment portfolio. Prior to Alder Capital, Russell was employed at Roth Capital Partners, LLC where he held various positions including Director of Research and Director of Institutional Equity Sales. Russell is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, received his MBA from Loyola Marymount University and is a CFA charterholder.
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