Events

Global Capital Markets Speaker Series:

Nick Padgett, CFA T'94
Managing Director, Fontaura Capital LLC

Overview

Nick Padgett co-founded Frontaura to invest in public companies in frontier markets after researching and visiting companies and stock exchanges in Africa. He has led many of Frontaura's more than 200 management visits with companies from 25 countries as part of an in-depth research approach.

In his talk, he will address common questions about frontier investing, including:

• What are frontier markets?
• Are they investable?
• Are they a fad?
• Are they too risky?
• Do they really offer uncorrelated returns to mainstream markets?
• Why would anyone want to invest in them?
• How is the global economic crisis affecting the markets?

Mr. Padgett is speaking as a part of the Global Capital Markets Speaker Series. This year the series is examining the financial crisis from an international perspective. It will include three speakers and two podcasts. Mr. Padgett will be giving the second talk in the series.