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SB Capital targets well-run firms

Veteran hedge fund managers Tota Tsotsotso and Mark O. Witten have teamed up to create Johannesburg-based Solaris Bataung Capital (SB Capital), a fully empowered...

Momentum refines FoHF structure for more probable outcomes

Momentum Investments’ “hedge fund replication” programme is taking shape as it beds down its outcomes-based investment philosophy

RMI partnerships blossom through affiliate model

RMI Investment Managers, part of JSE-listed Rand Merchant Investment Holdings, has made steady progress building its South African asset-management business via its affiliate model.

Fairtree Ponderosa rebrand adds M&A opportunities

Pretorius' global mandate gravitates towards special opportunities, with associated mandate change

Africa Merchant makes headway despite market pessimism

Cape Town-based Africa Merchant Capital has reached the two-year mark with the Africa Merchant Sub-Sahara Fund, a long-only Africa-focused fund. The fund has navigated a...

Prime LISP platform eyes new CIS opportunities

HedgeNews Africa sits down with Chad Menton of Global Fund Administrators to discuss creating a retail distribution network

Laurium boosts team with four hires

Johannesburg-based Laurium Capital has further bolstered its research, operational and risk management capabilities

Green Oak clocks up seven years

Fixed income strategy offers compound annual return of 9.94% since inception, including a net 8.1% to end November this year

Fairtree builds distribution team

Gous and Jamieson on board to strengthen existing team as it grows national footprint with focus on wider retail market

Edge adds investment analyst

Davis takes the helm as CEO while Lekay joins as portfolio analyst