Industry Research

Implications of revised Reg 28 draft governing pension fund investments

Cape Town-based attorney Rifke Gellman takes an indepth look at what the revised draft means for South Africa's alternative asset management industry...

Avior extends research focus into Africa

Independent research house builds on SA business

South Africa Hedge Fund Survey – September 2010

This report marks the seventh edition of Novare® Investments' annual survey of the South African hedge fund industry.

The proposed new Regional Investment Fund Regime

A surprise inclusion in South Africa’s Taxation Laws Amendment Bill of 2010 is a proposal to introduce a so-called "Regional Investment Fund Regime'.

Going pair-shaped?

We are currently seeing something of a minor crisis in the pair-trade space, with many practitioners complaining that the pair-trade alpha of old is no longer as easy to extract.

Africa fund industry evolves, Novare research finds

Novare Investments' inaugural report on African-focused fund managers maps the listed African space as an investment destination

Short selling – a South African perspective:

During October 2008 the US and UK regulators temporally banned short sales on certain financial stocks. This controversial topic has become

African fund industry grows more sophisticated

Experienced talent at work in frontier markets, Novare survey finds, against backdrop of strong growth and good macroeconomic prospects

Lessons from the crash

Peregrine's Barry du Toit examines how the turbulent events of 2008 have reminded hedge funds and investors not to neglect the investment basics

Passing the test: South African hedge fund performance over the recent unpleasantness

South African hedge fund performance over the recent unpleasantness