Naidu’s Tarea Capital offers cash fund
Ex-Sanlam Prime man Terence Naidu has set up his own business, known as Tarea Capital Solutions, entering into a joint venture with Fatima Vawda's
27Four Investment Managers to launch a Cash Optimiser product.
Trident Capital teams up with Merchant Factors
Cape Town-based Trident Capital has teamed up with Merchant Factors, South Africa's biggest independent trade finance and factoring house, to launch the Specialist Finance Fund, a credit fund
Duality Systems prepares for outside investors
Johannesburg-based Duality Systems is preparing to launch its Duality Systems Primary Fund to outside investors, having generated a strong internal
track record with its South African quantitative-based strategy.
Salient builds quant business
Professor Paul van Rensburg at Salient Quantitative Investment Management is building a diversified business based on a range of his proprietary quantitative models, which invest both in South African and offshore markets.
A sustainable approach to Africa
Mauritius-based Sustainable Capital has an eight-month track record with the Africa Sustainability Fund, the first sustainable investment fund focused
on listed African equities. The team plans to launch a more active, concentrated fund towards year-end.
Hands’ on stance pays dividends
When I meet Peregrine Capital's David Fraser at his offices in Sandown, Johannesburg, he has just returned from three days in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One colleague is in China, the other is recently back from Australia.
Insparo reaches two-year hurdle
"Right now there is 24-hour visibility," said Insparo's Mohammed Hanif from his London office in mid-June. "It is the first time since late 2008 that we have seen stress signals at the foundation of the markets. I don't think we have experienced as eventful a moment since the Lehman's demise."
Clark takes pure-Africa focus
African Alliance has just reached the three-year mark with its African Pioneer Fund, which invests purely in locally listed securities across Africa, excluding South Africa, in multiple asset classes.
Steady gains for endowment fund
Hanno van Aarde at EPI Trading has built a good track record with his Smooth Plus Fund, an innovative strategy investing in traded endowment policies, and is now opening the fund to external investors.