Industry Research

South African hedge fund assets surpass R50b

Solid gains and steady inflows boost assets by 18% as offshore allocations surge to 10% of total

Legae scorecard offers ESG tool

Company ranking system helps fund managers with ESG responsibilties

Mixed fortunes for African bourses

Zambia leads the upside while Zimbabwe takes a knock

Egypt, Ghana record double-digit growth for the year so far

MSCI Frontier Markets Africa Index dips 2.46% in February

Private equity treading water

10-year rolling IRR dips slightly between second and third quarter

African opportunities knock

African markets get of to a mixed start in 2014

Africa pays dividends for investors

Strong foreign investor participation helped propel several African bourses to record highs in 2013

Nigeria leads African performance during November

MSCI Frontier Markets Africa Index adds 2% for the month

Hedge funds: value proposition, fees, and future

A recent paper from Cambridge Associates looks at various aspects of hedge funds, both in the present and into the future

Transformation lags in alternatives

Research from 27four shows strong growth amongst black-owned fund managers, with long-only equity the main focus