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The year 2010 is proving to be a tough one for many hedge fund strategies, with macro conditions continuing to hold sway in much of the investment world.

Barak posts near 8% for H1

Agricultural trade finance fund has unbroken positive record

Laurium clocks up returns

Gavin Vorwerg and Murray Winckler make gains, onshore and offshore.

Research drives all-cap fund

Andre Steyn gains a net 19.62% in just five months.

Storming start for Visio’s Occasio

Paul Sundelson focuses on distressed and undervalued opportunities.

X-Chequer offers two funds to growing client base

Proving its worth in difficult markets, the three-year-old X-Chequer market-neutral fund is up by double digits year to date, and now hard-closed, while the more recently launched long/short fund has made an impressive start.

Tantalum Capital launches new fund

Cape Town-based alternative asset management company adds fourth fund focused on South African markets to successful product range

Finding a fund size that works

What is the optimal size for a hedge fund? It’s a question often asked these days in the industry, given the rocky patch some funds hit globally post 2008.

i capital’s Nitrogen finds value

Managers adapt to changing conditions

Will the good times continue for fixed income?

HedgeNews Africa sits down with key players in the local fixed income market to discuss the strategy and where it is headed