Building The Business

Peregrine Group results reflect market realities

Diversified financial services group, Peregrine, has announced that normalised earnings were down 16% at R499 million for the year to end March 2017. Annuity...

Sustainable Capital enjoys strong gains

Africa-focused specialist Sustainable Capital is growing its team in line with increased assets under management, after a strong period of performance

Mergence eyes Africa opportunity

Cape Town-based Mergence Investment Managers has hired Semoli Mokhanoi as a new alternative investments strategist, with plans to launch private equity and alternative investment...

Prime long/short and multi-strategy funds go live

Prime Alternative Investments, an FSB-approved management company, has now launched seven funds on the manco platform with combined assets of R1.5 billion. The manco...

JTC seeks to build SA business

Cape Town office has seen year-on-year growth in both headcount and revenue since inception, and now comprises more 140 staff members offering global outsourcing solution

Sanlam sets sights on East African expansion

The Sanlam Group, through its subsidiary Sanlam Emerging Markets (SEM), has reached an agreement with PineBridge Investments, a leading global multi-asset class asset manager,...

Corporate changes at Imara

Leading African asset management and advisory group Imara Holdings has seen a change in ownership structure and will be de-listing from the Botswana stock...

Bergh back on board at Praesidium

Greg Bergh has rejoined long-time colleague Mike Beamish at Praesidium in Cape Town, while continuing with the Sanlam long/short fund.

SB Capital targets well-run firms

Veteran hedge fund managers Tota Tsotsotso and Mark O. Witten have teamed up to create Johannesburg-based Solaris Bataung Capital (SB Capital), a fully empowered...

Momentum refines FoHF structure for more probable outcomes

Momentum Investments’ “hedge fund replication” programme is taking shape as it beds down its outcomes-based investment philosophy