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Quantum Fund The Quantum Group of Funds The Quantum Group of Funds are privately owned hedge funds based in Cura?ao (Netherlands Antilles) and Cayman Islands. They are currently advised by George Soros through his company Soros Fund Management. Soros started the fund in 1973 in partnership with Jim Rogers. The shareholders of the funds are not publicly disclosed although it is known that the Rothschild family and other wealthy Europeans put $6 million into the funds in 1969. George Soros Overview Soros Fund Management is the primary adviser for the Quantum Group of Funds; a family of funds dealing in international investments.The company invests in public equity and fixed income markets worldwide, as well as foreign exchange, currency, and commodity markets, and private equity and venture capital funds.The company is reported to have large investments in transportation, energy, retail, financial, and other industries. The Soros family is well represented in the companys leadership; the founders son Robert Soros is Deputy Chairman and President. History The company was founded by its chairman George Soros in 1969. 1992 to 2007 In the week leading up to September 16, 1992 or Black Wednesday, Quantum Funds earned $1.8 billion by shorting British pounds and buying German marks. This transaction earned Soros the title of the Man Who Broke the Bank of England. On the other hand, British government policy in the period before the ejection of the pound sterling from the Exchange Rate Mechanism of the European Monetary System had been widely criticised for providing speculators with a one-way bet. relative features (1) the complexity of investment activities. Quantum fund will these financial tools with complex combination design, according to the market forecast to invest, in predicting accurately obtain excess profit.Or take advantage of the unbalance of short-term market fluctuations design strategy, when the market returns to normal for the difference. (2)