Third wave of investing: Are autonomous learning strategies the future?
by Niki Natarajan
In early 2017, Wired magazine wrote about the ‘Third Wave’ of investing and how autonomous learning investment strategies – a term coined by the late Jeffrey...
Room for top talent in a growing industry
HedgeNews Africa sits down with Craig French, who earlier this year joined leading asset management recruitment agency Walker Phillip.
Based in Cape Town, French was most...
Mazi marks 20th year with foundation launch
Mazi Asset Management has launched the Mazi Foundation, marking its 20th year, which will build a community hub in one South African location with the...
The women shaping South Africa’s hedge fund industry
In this special issue, we celebrate the women shaping South Africa’s hedge fund industry – from those who have been part of its growth since the...
The danger of falling in love with a single investment story
The investment industry has always rewarded compelling stories.
At different points in history, investors have been told that technology stocks would change everything, that property...
Hedge funds show their worth in times of turmoil
When markets convulse under the weight of geopolitical shocks, hedge funds are often called upon to prove why they exist, writes By Lethu Zulu, Head of Hedge Funds at Sanlam Investments Multi-Manager
From niche to mainstream: SA’s retail hedge funds revolution is reaching...
Hayden Reinders, head of business development at Prescient Fund Services, highlights how growth momentum is building in the hedge fund industry
From cattle country to capital markets: Mazi’s 20-year journey
As Mazi Asset Management marks two decades in business, the journey of its founder, Malungelo Headman Zilimbola, offers a powerful lens into the values...
The problem with designing funds backwards
Structuring an investment product should be a deliberate design exercise, rather than a few hasty decisions followed by a series of fixes and adjustments,...
Expectations for 2026: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
CFM’s André Breedt, Christian Dery and Bengisu Kaynar look ahead to what investors may have to wrangle with in 2026