While many in the precious metals community were celebrating the launch of the HKMEx as the end of the western banking cartel and the death of the COMEX last spring, The Doc was skeptical.
For those who were not following SilverDoctors at the time, we discovered that the founding shareholder in the exchange was the En+ Group. A quick trip to the En+ Group Board of Directors' page revealed that none other than Nathaniel Rothschild was Chairman of the Board.
Thanks to a reader tip, we have discovered that the En+ Group has since completely removed all traces of its connection to Nathaniel Rothschild from its web page, AND NO LONGER PUBLICLY LISTS ITS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD!
The En+ Group's board of directors web page as of July 27th, 2011:
Board of Directors
Board of Directors, En+ Group ltd.1. Nathaniel Rothschild, Chairman of the Board
2. Vladislav Soloviev, Deputy Chairman of the Board3. Oleg Deripaska, President, director
4. Artem Volynets, Director
5. Andrey Zagorsky, Director
6. Andrey Elinson, Director
7. Victoria Petrova, Director
8. Philippe Mailfait, Independent Director
And the En+ Group's Board of Directors page after the SilverDoctors piece:
Board of Directors
Board of Directors, En+ Group ltd.1. Oleg Deripaska, President, Director
2. Artem Volynets, Director
3. Vladislav Soloviev, Director
4. Anton Vishnevskiy, Director
5. Andrey Elinson, Director
6. Victoria Petrova, Director
7. Riccardo Orcel, Director
8. Philippe Mailfait, Independent Director
Apparently someone in the House of Rothschild (perhaps Nathaniel himself?) was not very pleased to see their founding interest in the HKMEx made public knowledge by an obscure precious metals blog.
