Fund Profiles

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

Challenger builds trade portfolio

The Cayman-domiciled Challenger Trade Finance Fund is making steady progress with net returns of 10.72% since its inception on November 1, 2015.

Cadiz South Easter makes progress

The Cadiz South Easter Fixed Interest IDS QI Hedge Fund, managed by Alastair Sellick and team, is making steady progress as part of the...

CoroCapital makes a solid start

Johannesburg-based CoroCapital is approaching the 12-month mark with its new hedge fund, the company’s first foray into third-party fund management. The CoroCapital Hedge Fund, a...

SB Capital targets well-run firms

Veteran hedge fund managers Tota Tsotsotso and Mark O. Witten have teamed up to create Johannesburg-based Solaris Bataung Capital (SB Capital), a fully empowered...

Fairtree Ponderosa rebrand adds M&A opportunities

Pretorius' global mandate gravitates towards special opportunities, with associated mandate change

Africa Merchant makes headway despite market pessimism

Cape Town-based Africa Merchant Capital has reached the two-year mark with the Africa Merchant Sub-Sahara Fund, a long-only Africa-focused fund. The fund has navigated a...

Ashburton unveils RIF fund of funds

Retail fund of funds, advised by THINK.CAPITAL, adds to range of alternative products