Industry Research

With two months of returns still to be captured in 2020, the landscape is an extremely competitive one for the 2020 HedgeNews Africa Awards. This month’s early nomination list reflects a group of funds that have thus far protected capital and generated meaningful upside for their investors in a whipsawing environment.

Eleven months into a tumultuous year for the markets, many funds in our database have done well to contain volatility and generate positive returns, with the HedgeNews Africa South African Single Manager Composite delivering a median return of 4.82% to the end of November

Private equity, like many asset classes, couldn’t quite escape the impact of COVID-19, according to the latest RisCura-SAVCA South African Private Equity Performance report

Despite many caveats, equity markets continue to push ahead. As valuation differentials between developed and emerging markets increase, many commentators suggest that investors should consider the Asia-Pacific region. Read the latest compilation of papers from Savvy Investor

South Africa’s private equity industry again outperformed listed equity over the medium term, according to RisCura-SAVCA research to end-2019

African markets trim losses in Q2 but remain in the red on the year

Global markets stage comeback in April

Assets in South African hedge funds dipped slightly in the 12 months to the end of 2019, while rand-based assets edged upwards

MSCI EFM Africa ex-SA Index plunges -24.58% in March

SA private equity has remained resilient despite high volatility and low growth