Industry Research

Private credit set to grow in Africa

Private credit, across a range of strategies, can provide attractive alternative financing options for African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to new research

How diversification can build wealth

Pearlene Govender, junior portfolio manager at Novare Investments, discusses the long-term view

10 investment themes for 2019

Stéphane Monier, chief investment officer of Banque Lombard Odier, outlines 10 key investment themes for the year ahead

Find the year’s best investment research here

Savvy Investor, the leading resource hub for institutional investors, curates the best pensions and investment white papers from around the world

Testing times for African markets

MSCI Frontier Markets Africa Index adds 0.63% in November

Is there a place for hedge in your portfolio?

OPINION: by John Haslett, portfolio manager at Alpha Asset Management

Zim the outlier as bourses endure red October

MSCI Frontier Markets Africa Index declines 4.8%

Investor Survey 2018

In our latest annual investor survey, HedgeNews Africa polled leading allocators to the South African hedge fund industry, including fund of funds and consultants to both a retail and institutional client base

How hedge funds can help living annuities

Living annuities need to provide regular income, and are thus particularly exposed to the suppressed market performance of recent years. THINK.CAPITAL's Elmien Wagenaar suggests how hedge funds can help

The opportunity cost of carry

Marble Rock's Rick Walker looks at the actual return on offshore investment, and weighs up the opportunity cost of carry