Building The Business

Peresec focuses on world-class offering

Financial services provider Legae Peresec, formed through a management and B-BBEE (broad-based black economic empowerment) consortium buyout in mid-2018, has officially changed its name...

Old Mutual customises hedge funds to reduce risk

“We have always believed that hedge funds are not high-risk, high-return vehicles,” says Grant Watson, chief investment officer at Old Mutual Customised Solutions in...

Le Roux on board at Protea

Johannesburg-based Protea Capital Management has boosted its team with the appointment of Willem le Roux as head of operations as of April 1. Founded by...

27four’s Black Business Growth Fund II raises R710 million

Investing in local mid-sized companies proves attractive for SA pension funds seeking to help build the local economy

GAEL moves forward with admin business

Cape Town-based fund administrator GAEL Fund Services, a subsidiary of the GAEL Group, has been granted its FSP licence for intermediary services by the...

Westbrooke completes round of S12J fund raising

Assets in the Section 12J industry more than doubled last year to reach R8.3 billion at the end of February from R3.8 billion the...

MeTTa Capital teams with Standard Bank for S12J offering

MeTTa Capital’s February 2020 Section 12J offer is now accessible to Standard Bank’s Wealth and Investment clients. As part of the agreement, Standard Bank’s wealth...

Empiric builds market-neutral track record

Data-driven investment firm Empiric Capital is close to a two-year track record with its South African strategy, which added a net 11.29% last year

Strong start for Graphite Asset Advisory

Graphite Asset Advisory, headed up by ex-Alpha CIO Jacques du Plessis, has had a strong start with its discretionary fund management (DFM) business, attracting...

Miltenberg optimistic on Africa

Philippe Koch believes 2020 provides a compelling entry point for investors across the continent, and he is cautiously optimistic about the outlook for the next few years