Fund Profiles

Kaizen builds on impressive three-year gains

Ex-Absa's Ruth Forssman joins the team as COO, with new offshore fund in the pipeline

SSCG’s Africa long/short play shapes up

Former SAC Capital Advisors man Rich Walter and his team believe in Africa's growth potential but inefficient markets make it an attractive long/short proposition

Northshore readies higher-risk sibling

Loubser passes three-year mark with multi-strategy fund, clocking an annualised return of 18.4%

Wagenaar launches first multi-advisor fund

THINK.CAPITAL takes concentrated approach to South African equities via customised mandates

Fairtree goes live with global consumer mandate

Managed by Danie Pretorius, long/short fund looks for equity ideas around the world

Metope fund focuses on macro-thematic trading

Du Preez and Hall use South African derivatives and equity instruments, taking a directional and tactical approach

Peregrine Capital takes consensus approach

Now with a 17-year track record, the firm employs intensive research in pursuit of high-conviction ideas

Du Plessis unveils plans for Marble Rock

New firm to focus on fixed income, currencies and commodities

Acacia set up for second-half opportunities

Grobler and Du Toit find plenty to work with across the global soft commodities markets, tapping into coffee, grains, soya, corn and sugar

NXN on track with active equity strategy

Nicolas Spetsiotis and Nicholas Brett bring varied experience to new long/short fund, which makes a promising start