Since its founding, quantumrock has utilised its deep understanding of financial markets to uncover unique investment opportunities for our clients. We launched our first investment product “quantumrock Absolute Return” in July 2016, available through Deutsche Bank. Our second product ”quantumrock Equity Alpha” followed in 2018. Now, we are leading the way in introducing coloured gemstones as a new professional asset class.

quantumrock draws parallels to the revolutionary roles of State Street and BlackRock, who were the first to launch Gold ETFs in the early 2000s, radically transforming the Gold market. Gemstones emerge as an equally enticing investment frontier. Their beauty and rarity, historical resilience to inflation, as well as long history of yielding appealing returns position coloured gemstones as an attractive asset class. Moreover, unlike other asset classes, they possess the unique ability to evoke passion.

Our innovative investment solution addresses a critical challenge of the coloured gemstone mining industry: the challenge of financing the cutting and polishing stages. Many miners possess valuable stocks of rough gemstones but find themselves constrained by a lack of working capital necessary for processing their inventory, due to the substantial capital investments required in their mining activities. This predicament typically forces them into a corner where they must either sell their rough gemstones at a fraction of their potential value to intermediaries – losing out on the significant markup (up to two to five times) achievable post-polishing – or resort to selling lower-quality rough stones to fund their operations, thus withholding premium-quality gemstones from the market. Additionally, miners are hamstrung by the difficulty of leveraging their physical stock as collateral for loans.

In response to these challenges, our solution presents miners with an unparalleled opportunity to realise the full value of their gemstones. By participating in our structured program, miners can convert their stock of coloured gemstones into bankable and tradable exchange-listed certificates. This innovation not only empowers the gemstone mining community by alleviating financial constraints but also allows our investment offerings to tap a steady flow of top-tier gemstones.

In collaboration with esteemed institutional partners such as CMS and Société Générale, we have established a scalable securitisation platform in Luxembourg. The management team includes the former Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg. Through this platform, we offer exchange-traded, asset-backed, secured, and short-term investment products.