Fund News

Emperor fund builds record

Quantitative long/short fund reaches two-year mark

Prudential’s Africa fund makes progress

Managed by Ross Biggs, long-only product takes bottom-up approach to Africa ex-SA

IAM focuses on Africa infrastructure

Investec Asset Management deepens pan-African expertise with US$670 million mandate to mobilise private-sector infrastructure projects across sub-Saharan Africa

Benatar’s fund at 12-month mark

Newly named Numus Hedge Fund adds net 28% in first year

Blue Quadrant reaches five years

Fund takes global view with "macro value" approach delivering a net annualised 19% since inception, including 27% so far this year

South Easter settles in at Cadiz

Sellick's fixed income hedge fund benefits on a number of fronts from being part of a bigger institution

Drakens Capital stands firm

Ex Renaissance Asset Management team wait for next big inflection point in African markets

Alphanaut notches up first year

Van Jaarsveld and Brasecke apply extensively researched top-down proprietary models to both global and local mandates

Westbrooke offers niche access

Two new private-equity style vehicles offer direct company investments in tax-efficient structures

Milestone for M1 long/short

Ivan Missankov's long/short fund reaches the five-year mark with net annualised return of 13.8%, aiming for long-term returns despite volatile start to the year