Fund Profiles

Risk management helps Rainbow to pot of gold

The AG Capital Rainbow SNN Retail Hedge Fund, managed by Richard Arnesen at AG Capital in Cape Town, has achieved strong gains this year,...

Westbrooke extends private debt offering

Westbrooke Alternative Asset Management has opened its CISCA-regulated Westbrooke SNN Income Plus QI Hedge Fund, an unlisted local private debt offering, which provides investors with...

Patience pays off for Aylett

Aylett & Co. Fund Managers has made solid progress with its Aylett Prescient QI Hedge Fund, adding a net 5.04% so far this year after a...

Absa’s Pretorius uses quant tools to “solve” market problems

The AAM SNN Fixed Income Retail Hedge Fund, managed by Neels Pretorius at Absa Alternative Asset Management, aims for a cash plus 4% return...

Mazi NextGen readies move into AI strategies

Stephán Engelbrecht and Alungile Gcaza have joined Mazi Asset Management as of March 1 to spearhead its move into the use of innovative asset...

27four makes progress in unlisted space

27four Investment Managers has made meaningful progress in the unlisted space, which now accounts for R3 billion in assets invested on behalf of South...

Differential blends data science and human ideas

Having launched in mid-2019, Johannesburg-based Differential Capital has made significant headway as a business, combining fundamental investment processes with artificial intelligence to deliver alpha...

Obsidian extends hedge fund gains

Johannesburg-based Obsidian Capital, headed by Royce Long and Richard Simpson, has achieved a convincing track record with its hedge funds, which have materially outperformed...

SouthernCross trio plan to expand offering

Cobus Potgieter and Wilhelm Landman, teaming up with Trine Capital’s Christiaan Janse van Rensburg, have launched independent asset manager SouthernCross Capital to advance new...

Catalyst rolls out global long/short real estate fund

The Catalyst Alpha Global Real Estate fund is now available to be marketed to qualified investors, having recently obtained Section 65 approval in South...