Building The Business

Northshore plans global multi-strat

Northshore Capital has assembled a strong team to manage the Empyrean Global Thematic Equity Fund, an actively managed global multi-strategy hedge fund. The fund is...

Laurium team celebrates 10 years

Ten years since launch and Johannesburg-based Laurium Capital is a thriving boutique business focused on the African marketplace, offering both long-only and hedge fund...

Peregrine Capital adds to investment team

With Peregrine Capital celebrating its 20th birthday later this year, it has hired a new investment analyst to support their tried and tested investment process....

Kodisang forges new venture

Building on years of asset management experience at Old Mutual, Sanlam and Stanlib, Ben Kodisang has ventured out to go it alone in the alternative investment space

STANLIB alternatives solution goes live

STANLIB Multi-Manager launches its innovative alternative assets suite to investors in May, offering one-stop access to an array of alternative assets

Steady start for Mergence long/short

Hedge fund ideas flow out of broader investment process in the listed equities space

Capricorn bullish on South Africa

Investment team sees South Africa as a “significant long-term trade” in the coming years of Ramaphosa's reign, provided global macro conditions continue to stack up

Private equity deals accelerate in 2017

RMB Corvest had a busy year, realising a number of deals that had been brewing over 24 months

Electus makes steady progress

Electus' retail hedge fund is now live, and a new partnership with Citadel is set to boost assets

Prudential extends Africa reach

Prudential's new Africa Equity Fund is run on similar lines to its US$300 million Eastspring fund, but is a smaller, more aggressive version