Founded by experienced investment professionals Damir Babanazarov and Arman Batayev, Harry Qelm Baabsman Ltd operates as Kazakhstan's investment management firm under the Astana International Financial Centre regulatory framework. CEO Damir Babanazarov brings extensive experience from previous roles as Head of Asset Management at BTA Securities with over $230 million AUM and achieving the best results in Kazakhstan between 2017-2020 for equity portfolios at Centras Securities. Co-founder Arman Batayev serves as CEO of the primary fund, The Steppe Eagle. The company underwent recapitalization in 2025, strengthening its financial position with new shareholders Arkadiy Riskin and Daulet Chunkunov. The management team emphasizes environmental and ethical investing principles while targeting long-term professional investors with substantial net worth requirements.

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Harry Qelm Baabsman employs a long-only capital appreciation strategy based on Value Investing combined with Growth Investing using stocks of developed and emerging markets, ETFs, commodities, and FX. The fund adheres to environmental and ethical principles, prioritizing stocks of companies that develop, implement, or use clean energy sources (solar and wind), reduce CO2 emissions, improve air quality, and reduce/reuse/recycle waste. The investment approach focuses on companies in solar energy, wind energy, environmentally conscious companies with low indebtedness, microchips, search engines and cloud computing, and precious metals. The fund targets public markets of the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia in companies that are financially successful and environmentally conscious with programs to decrease wildlife and humanity suffering.

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