Mergence grows investment team
Boutique asset manager Mergence Investment Managers has appointed Bradley Preston, formerly head of listed investments, and new joiner Yoza Jekwa, as joint managing directors...
Westbrooke completes round of S12J fund raising
Assets in the Section 12J industry more than doubled last year to reach R8.3 billion at the end of February from R3.8 billion the...
MeTTa Capital teams with Standard Bank for S12J offering
MeTTa Capital’s February 2020 Section 12J offer is now accessible to Standard Bank’s Wealth and Investment clients.
As part of the agreement, Standard Bank’s wealth...
Industry celebrates at 2019 Awards
The Fairtree Assegai Equity Long Short SNN QI Hedge Fund took home the prestigious Fund of the Year trophy at the HedgeNews Africa Awards...
Van den Berg progresses with long/short
Hannes van den Berg has made good progress with the new Investec Long-Short Equity Hedge Fund, which went live in March 2019
Empiric builds market-neutral track record
Data-driven investment firm Empiric Capital is close to a two-year track record with its South African strategy, which added a net 11.29% last year
Senqu reaches three-year mark
Global mandate underpins successful year in long/short equity for Carew and Crawford
Strong start for Graphite Asset Advisory
Graphite Asset Advisory, headed up by ex-Alpha CIO Jacques du Plessis, has had a strong start with its discretionary fund management (DFM) business, attracting...
Mining for alpha in a variety of ways
In an environment of potentially divergent outcomes, many managers are positioning in multiple ways
Laurium taps into African bond space
Laurium believes that the African eurobond opportunity offers attractive US-dollar returns