Group President, Stonex
Search every verified Charles Lyon interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. On June 17, 2025, Charles Lyon, Group President of StoneX Group Inc., delivered the opening remark at the Mongolia Investment Forum in New York. He stated that StoneX is "absolutely committed" to both the New York and Mongolia markets. Lyon described Mongolia as having a "conducive environment" for investment, citing transparency, government engagement, and mining opportunities in gold and precious metals. He said that among 25 to 30 jurisdictions StoneX has evaluated, Mongolia is "the only place" where the firm perceives an "absolute commitment to investor integrity" and a positive investment climate. Lyon noted that StoneX has operated in Mongolia for nearly two decades and has observed a "continually improving climate." He expressed confidence that the market will "progress positively" and move toward investment grade, predicting a "rush for investments and resources." He characterized Mongolia as "one of the best investment opportunities" in Asia and said StoneX looks forward to many more years of investment and growth in the country.
“For all of our businesses at StoneX, we really appreciate both of those venues. They're super important to what we do and we are absolutely committed to both markets.”
“One thing we noticed is that these smaller markets that are developing that are conducive for growth that have a commitment to investment that have a really positive climate gives us an opportunity to look at all of the spectrum of business we do.”
“At each turn, we found a government that's committed to moving forward and thinking about how you can get investment, how you can create a fair climate for investors, and how you can think about developing the vast resources for this amazing country.”
“The amount of engagement that the overall government and the companies and private companies have, the amount of transparency, information dialogue, the mining opportunities in gold and precious metals is unbelievable.”
“In our almost two decades of operating inside of Mongolia, we've seen a continually improving climate. One that is welcoming to our teams to practical and reasonable discussions and has been an incredible partner for us to walk through various investment theories to work through our mining opportunities and to think ab...”
“I absolutely have no doubt that this market will continue to progress positively. You'll see a move towards investment grade. You'll see a rush for investments and resources.”
“This is a tremendous opportunity for the folks in this room to think about one of the best investment opportunities in the region of the world here that we've seen in Asia.”
“We've gone through and had this conversation at StoneX with 25-30 different jurisdictions and we look at them and this is one of the few where we see the most conducive environment of those 25 for investment. The only place where we go and we feel like there is an absolute commitment to investor integrity and for an in...”
“Our experience has been a tremendous one and we're looking forward to many more years of investment and of dialogue and of growth in Mongolia.”
Charles Lyon, Group President, StoneX Group Inc. Mongolia Investment Forum: New York 2025 – Opening Remark Charles ...
Sign in to search the full transcript archive, filter by topic, and access every quote from Charles Lyon.
The summary and quote tags on this profile are produced with AI assistance from verified, first-person interview transcripts, then checked by our team to confirm the speaker's identity and the accuracy of every quote. See how we verify →