OYSTER CATCHER FR SMART ALPHA RETAIL HEDGE FUND
The Oyster Catcher Smart Alpha Retail Hedge Fund is a low volatility market neutral equity hedge fund with a one-year track record, aiming to provide long-term benchmark-beating returns for investors.
The portfolio aims to deliver absolute returns in excess of STEFI and utilises long, short and special opportunities.
Investment Team
The investment team is headed up by CIO Jonathan du Toit, who is supported by investment professionals: Mark du Toit, Rob Tout and Wessel Joubert.
We pride ourselves on being a passionate, focused and motivated investment team and our process is vigorous, disciplined, and repeatable. We focus on adding each basis point by putting capital to work in many independent, appropriately sized positions.
Investment Terms
Fund: OysterCatcher FR Smart Alpha Retail Hedge Fund
Retail or qualified product: Retail
Hurdle rate: STEFI
High water mark: Yes
Fund open: Yes
Min investment: R50,000
Management fee: 1%
Performance fee: 15%
Subscription: Daily
Lockup: No
Redemption: Daily
Strategy
Investment Strategy
The fund seeks to identify mispriced securities and opportunities caused by short-term market fluctuations and aims to benefit from these securities returning to intrinsic value over the medium term.
We have a bottom-up valuation-based philosophy, underpinned by the following principles:
- Establishing intrinsic value using a bottom-up research methodology.
- Opportunities are compared on a real-time ranking table.
- All our positions are appropriately-sized through a disciplined risk management process with many independent positions.
Strategy: Low-volatility market-neutral equity
AUM: R180.5 million (31 August 2026)
Currency: ZAR
Domicile: South Africa
Listing exchange: none
Inception date: 14 October 2022
Service Providers
Prime broker: ABSA
Administrator: Apex Fund Services (Pty) Ltd
Management company: Fundrock Collective Investments (RF) (Pty) Ltd
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Legal advisor: Fundrock Compliance and Risk
Contact Info
Oyster Catcher Investments (Pty) Ltd
99 11th Street, Parkmore, Sandton
CEO/CIO: Jonathan du Toit
Marketing: Wessel Joubert
Phone: +27 10 013 1122
Fax: none
Email: info@oystercatcherinvestments.co.za
Website: www.oystercatcherinvestments.co.za
ISIN or ref code: ZAE000317145