The problem with designing funds backwards
Structuring an investment product should be a deliberate design exercise, rather than a few hasty decisions followed by a series of fixes and adjustments,...
Blue Quadrant bucks market trend in March
Leandro Gastaldi at Cape Town-based Blue Quadrant Capital Management bucked the market trend in March, generating an 8.84% return with his Blue Quadrant Capital Growth...
Laurium harvests diversified gains
Laurium Capital harvested gains from diversified sources in its South African hedge funds last year, and remains broadly positive going into 2026, while cautioning...
Plane Tree builds SME lending platform for SA market
Johannesburg-based Plane Tree Capital has made meaningful strides in its direct lending and trade finance business, with its strategy approaching the five-year mark.
Plane Tree...
Peregrine Capital sees AI, store-of-value assets and SA recovery as key...
Artificial intelligence, store-of-value assets, and the South African recovery are the key big picture trends for investors going into 2026, according to Peregrine Capital.
Peregrine...
Cheesman zooms in on special situations in SA
While many investors are concerned about the shrinking JSE, Cheesman sees opportunities in his key areas of focus
Mazi finds compelling opportunities in Africa
Investing in Africa is not for the faint hearted, but for intrepid investors such as Mazi Asset Management fortune has favoured the well informed.
In...
Amplify challenges industry norms with actionable solutions for advisers
Amplify Investment Partners’ fund managers are helping advisers break barriers in hedge fund adoption, writes Nico Janse van Rensburg, head of retail distribution at...
RisCura Analytics drives transparency and innovation
HedgeNews Africa sits down with George Tsinonis, Head of Investment Analytics at RisCura, part of the RisCura group.
Tsinonis joined RisCura eight years ago, bringing extensive...
Volatility sharpens strategic thinking
Market fluctuations may increase the risk of hits and misses, but smart fund managers are learning important lessons from them, writes Amplify Investment Partners