Fund Profiles

Oakhaven clocks up five years

Flagship fixed income hedge fund has delivered compound annual returns of 10.2% and a Sharpe ratio of 0.4.

Nitrogen moves into 12th year

Nitrogen has taken on Waldo du Plessis as junior portfolio manager, with David Oberholzer joining in October as a junior analyst

Methodical blends fundamental and systematic

Combining fundamental investing principles and systematic implementation forms the backbone of boutique equities firm Methodical

Solid progress for Anchor Accelerator

The multi-strategy fund, managed by Sean Ashton and Liam Hechter, has added a net 12.44% to the end of September

Hearn zones in with asymmetry

Kenny Hearn, who is running Cape Town-based Asymmetry A, a private hedge fund, believes there is a new wave of asset management on the...

Empiric adds South African strategies

Empiric Capital, a scientific data-driven investment firm headquartered in London and Cape Town, has successfully deployed its algorithmic strategies

Matrix delivers across product range

Cape Town-based specialist investment house Matrix Fund Managers, which has been in existence for more than 10 years, is progressively building its multi-faceted business...

Fairtree’s Blackwood comes of age

The commodities team at Fairtree Capital has carefully honed its philosophy and processes in the past 18 months, reaching a new level of maturity...

Sanlam joins InfraSec for Africa infrastructure fund

Sanlam Investments has teamed up with Africa Infrastructure Securities (InfraSec) to launch the new US dollar-denominated Sanlam InfraSec Infrastructure Fund, which aims to tap...

Ashburton Africa makes progress

Fund manager Paul Clark follows a value approach, investing 80% of the portfolio in companies whose primary source of income is derived from Africa