Assets in SA hedge funds grow 36% in 2025
Assets in South African hedge funds increased by 36.3% to R178.95 billion in the 12 months to the end of December 2025, according to HedgeNews...
Change of plan
Global markets have faced several twists and turns this year – precipitated by the outbreak of hostilities in Iran in late February.
Such plot twists...
Hedge funds show their worth in times of turmoil
When markets convulse under the weight of geopolitical shocks, hedge funds are often called upon to prove why they exist, writes By Lethu Zulu, Head of Hedge Funds at Sanlam Investments Multi-Manager
Fairtree leadership reflects on DNA that drives them
Fairtree started in 2006 with just one South African market-neutral hedge fund, managed by co-founders André Malan and Kobus Nel.
It has since grown into...
Ngqondoyi joins Equilibrium
Nosibusiso Ngqondoyi has joined Equilibrium as a portfolio manager with responsibility for constructing and managing discretionary and bespoke portfolios.
Ngqondoyi spent eight years at the...
Nigeria rebound exposes global benchmark blind spot in African markets
Nigeria’s recent equity market rebound pre-Middle East crisis is highlighting a structural problem in how African markets are measured by global benchmark providers.
According to...
Visio adds three new hires
Visio has added three new hires in the past quarter, both on the investment team and in business development, as it continues to grow...
Blue Quadrant bucks market trend in March
Leandro Gastaldi at Cape Town-based Blue Quadrant Capital Management bucked the market trend in March, generating an 8.84% return with his Blue Quadrant Capital Growth...
Enko’s private credit strategy invests in Angolan solar infrastructure
Enko’s Impact Credit Strategy, a private credit fund with a first close of US$100 million, has announced its investment in Metalosul, an Angolan entity...
Protea launches AMC to mirror worldwide fund
Protea Capital Management, headed by Jean Pierre Verster, has launched an actively managed certificate (AMC) which mirrors the firm’s Worldwide Flexible qualified investor hedge...