Corporate changes at Imara
Leading African asset management and advisory group Imara Holdings has seen a change in ownership structure and will be de-listing from the Botswana stock...
Challenger builds trade portfolio
The Cayman-domiciled Challenger Trade Finance Fund is making steady progress with net returns of 10.72% since its inception on November 1, 2015.
M1 Capital fine-tunes market-neutral fund
Johannesburg-based M1 Capital, founded by Ivan Missankov, has been implementing changes to its two hedge funds, the M1 Capital SA Long Short Hedge Fund...
Fortitudine Vincimus builds record
Hugo Nelson, Michael Streatfield and Mike Kane are making progress with their global long/short fund, a dollar-based Cayman structure
FSB set for on-site visits
The South African hedge fund industry has gone through the registration process for entering a regulated environment, and is now in the post-registration on-site...
Fees and performance go hand in hand
After a period of subdued returns for some (but certainly not all) strategies in 2016 it may come as no surprise that the fee debate is back in the mainstream headlines
i capital trials new strategy
Rory Sim and Lance Williams at i capital in Johannesburg are venturing into the asset management space, launching their South African equity unit trust...
Cadiz South Easter makes progress
The Cadiz South Easter Fixed Interest IDS QI Hedge Fund, managed by Alastair Sellick and team, is making steady progress as part of the...
Bulk of industry now regulated
About 89% of the South African hedge fund industry has transitioned to the regulated collective investment schemes (CIS) space, with around 65% electing to...
Ashburton extends impact investing
Ashburton Investments is under way with its second impact investing initiative, following on its successful first structure, which raised R700 million from investors.
The initiatives,...