Kotze relaunches under Maradia banner
Market-neutral fund continues as investment team works on suite of mandates
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.
Abax in stride with third hedge fund
Cape Town-based Polaris Capital has changed its name to Abax Investments, in line with a ruling made by the South African high court that it should change the name as confusion might arise from similarity with that of an American firm.