Fund News

Mpeta takes global view at Unum

Loyiso Mpeta started trading for the Unum Megalodon Worldwide SNN QI Hedge Fund in January, applying quantitative, fundamental, technical and behavioural analysis to invest...

Éxito focuses on sector allocation

Johannesburg-based Éxito Investment Managers, founded by Walker Naudé and Leonard Steenkamp, is hitting its stride in 2023 with its long-running equity-focused hedge fund strategies. Long-time colleagues Naudé and...

Cuthman takes focused, global approach

Cuthman Capital has made significant progress with its global, best ideas hedge fund, managed by experienced duo Tobie Lochner and Peter Wille, building an...

Laurium Aggressive reaches 10-year mark

“If we look back over the last decade, the Aggressive Long Short fund has been our best performer, generating higher returns than any of our other products,” says Laurium's Murray Winckler.

AAM makes strides with private debt offering

Absa Alternative Asset Management (AAM) is reaching the one-year mark with its private debt fund, which extends structured loans to small and medium-sized enterprises in...

Steyn builds ahead of daily-traded RIF launch

Cape Town-based Steyn Capital is growing from strength to strength, adding a new head of institutional business as it prepares to launch its new...

All Weather bucks global market slump

All Weather Capital’s recently launched global equity hedge fund has managed to buck the recent global market slump, delivering double-digit returns in US dollars...

Mergence takes stake in rental housing project

Mergence Investment Managers, through its Infrastructure and Development Equity Fund, has acquired a controlling equity stake in a portion of the innovative affordable rental housing group, Live Easy

Protea protects against downside risks

Protea Capital Management, headed by Jean Pierre Verster, is making consistent progress with its range of hedge funds, investing long/short with a long bias...

GLIDE raises first VC fund with gender focus in Africa

GLIDE Capital Partners is raising capital for its first venture capital growth fund, with a focus on gender lens investing and supporting disadvantaged entrepreneurs...