Building The Business

Empiric adds South African strategies

Empiric Capital, a scientific data-driven investment firm headquartered in London and Cape Town, has successfully deployed its algorithmic strategies

Matrix delivers across product range

Cape Town-based specialist investment house Matrix Fund Managers, which has been in existence for more than 10 years, is progressively building its multi-faceted business...

Consistency is key for Abax

Cape Town-based Abax Investments, which runs a range of hedge fund and long-only mandates, has an established investment team and a bottom-up, fundamental research-driven approach to investing

Fairtree’s Blackwood comes of age

The commodities team at Fairtree Capital has carefully honed its philosophy and processes in the past 18 months, reaching a new level of maturity...

Scotstone launches EU feeder platform

Hamilton says new cost-effective solution will be of particular interest to fixed interest managers in a regulated environment

RECM goes live with QIF mandate

Independent boutique asset manager RECM has launched a qualified investor hedge fund, with a flexible mandate that allows the team to extend its value-based...

Watson and Dodd extend focus at OMMM

Monene Watson and Michael Dodd at Old Mutual Multi Managers are extending their focus into the hedge fund space after Stephen Brierley’s move to...

Peregrine Group results reflect market realities

Diversified financial services group, Peregrine, has announced that normalised earnings were down 16% at R499 million for the year to end March 2017. Annuity...

Sustainable Capital enjoys strong gains

Africa-focused specialist Sustainable Capital is growing its team in line with increased assets under management, after a strong period of performance

Mergence eyes Africa opportunity

Cape Town-based Mergence Investment Managers has hired Semoli Mokhanoi as a new alternative investments strategist, with plans to launch private equity and alternative investment...