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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

Barak launches Shari’ah fund

New trade finance strategy seeded with US$50 million from Bahraini investment bank Ibdar Bank

Six years for Old Mutual Aristeia

Market-neutral volatility arbitrage strategy has gained a net annualised 6% since inception

Limpopo Africa extends track record

Laurium's long-only Africa fund outperforms markets over three years despite challenges across the continent in 2016

Adaption is key in dynamic environment

Meeting and responding to a changing market place are key factors for future success