Building The Business

Brait Solutions rebrands to Corion Capital

With new shareholders in place, fund of hedge funds provider develops new products for evolving market place

Kotze relaunches under Maradia banner

Market-neutral fund continues as investment team works on suite of mandates

New-generation offering from Ashburton

Expanding FirstRand brand wades into investment management

Laurium applies talent to growing array of options

New unit trust follows launch of more aggressive long/short fund, sharing same research team

Fairtree takes on ex-Badger and ex-Momentum teams

Multi-strategy specialist adds to talent pool with volatility arbitrage and credit expertise

Mergence appoints ex-CIOs to boost team

Patric Ho and Imtiaz Ahmed to work on absolute-return and balanced mandates

Tantalum adds long-only mandates to offering

Cape Town-based team looks to diversify its asset and client base

Fairtree builds its range of skills and products

With a number of recent high-profile hires, Fairtree is ready to capture new business and deliver new investment solutions

Caveo boosts institutional offering and prepares for growth

With the recent launch of a new long/short fund and an Africa product in the pipeline, Caveo's King and Green expect clients to move up the risk-reward spectrum as they become comfortable with alternatives

Blue Ink gains traction with ‘building block’ approach

Cape Town-based Blue Ink Investments now has a 10-month formal track record with its building block portfolios, which allocate to underlying managers by strategy rather than anticipated return.