Fund Profiles

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

Westbrooke thrives on activist book

Fund returns a net annualised 17.5% over three years, investing in concentrated portfolio of small- and mid-cap names

Sustainable Capital uncovers value

Agnostic approach to stock-picking unearths opportunity, as team finds African listed equities "exceptionally cheap" in absolute and relative terms

Effectus multi-strategy makes progress

Ramdhani brings investment banking skills to bear in building portfolio, gaining 7.2% on first four months

Kaizen reaffirms investment style

After a tough 2015, consistent trading is paying off for investment team

Fairtree Protea starts trading

Jean Pierre Verster sidesteps choppy markets post Brexit vote as he launches directional long/short equity strategy

Fairtree’s Brown at five-year mark

Fairtree Assegai Fund has delivered net annualised gains of 25% since inception in July 2011

Badsha gets going with macro strategy

New fund at Sanlam Alternatives takes top-down views across local and global markets

Acanthin takes disciplined approach

Harry Singh's new venture uses near-neutral stance to fend off the general negativity of this year's markets